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Extend vs Lengthy - What's the difference?

extend | lengthy |

As a verb extend

is to increase in extent.

As an adjective lengthy is

having length; long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension.

extend

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • 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 extend sympathy to the suffering
  • To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
    • to extend liquors
  • (UK, legal) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.

    • Synonyms

    * enlarge * expand * increase * lengthen * stretch * widen

    Derived terms

    * extendible (adjective) * extensible (adjective) * extensive (adjective) * extension * extent

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    lengthy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having length; long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension.
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    • , year=2011 , date=Jluy 19 , author=Ella Davies , title=Sticks insects survive one million years without sex , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction. }}
    a lengthy text
    a lengthy discussion
    a laborious and lengthy process
    She died last night after a lengthy illness.
    They received lengthy prison terms.

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