Extend vs Hyperextend - What's the difference?
extend | hyperextend |
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.
(medicine) To extend a joint beyond its normal position in a way that stresses the ligaments, often causing injury
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 17, author=Ben Shpigel, title=Castillo Pulls for Polanco to Continue His Streak, work=New York Times
, passage=DELGADO OUT OF LINEUP The day after hyperextending his left knee as he tried to catch a foul ball, Carlos Delgado was held out of the starting lineup. }}
As verbs the difference between extend and hyperextend
is that extend is to increase in extent while hyperextend is to extend a joint beyond its normal position in a way that stresses the ligaments, often causing injury.extend
English
Verb
(en verb)- to extend sympathy to the suffering
- to extend liquors
Synonyms
* enlarge * expand * increase * lengthen * stretch * widenDerived terms
* extendible (adjective) * extensible (adjective) * extensive (adjective) * extension * extentAnagrams
*hyperextend
English
Verb
(en verb)citation