Extend vs Append - What's the difference?
extend | append |
To increase in extent.
To possess a certain extent.
To cause to increase in extent.
To cause to last for a longer period of time.
To straighten (a limb).
To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
(UK, legal) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.
To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.
(computing) To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file.
In lang=en terms the difference between extend and append
is that extend is to straighten (a limb) while append is to add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.As verbs the difference between extend and append
is that extend is to increase in extent while append is to hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.As a noun append is
(computing) an instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.extend
English
Verb
(en verb)- to extend sympathy to the suffering
- to extend liquors
