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Condense vs Lengthen - What's the difference?

condense | lengthen |

As verbs the difference between condense and lengthen

is that condense is while lengthen is to make longer, to extend the length of.

As an adjective condense

is condensed.

condense

English

Alternative forms

* condence

Verb

  • To decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence.
    • An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
    Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
  • To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate.
  • * Milton
    • In what shape they choose, / Dilated or condensed , bright or obscure.
  • * Motley
    • The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
  • (chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.

    • Synonyms

    * (to decrease size or volume) minify

    Antonyms

    * extend * magnify

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
    • The huge condense bodies of planets. — Bentley.
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    lengthen

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make longer, to extend the length of.
  • To become longer.

    • Antonyms

    * shorten