Extend vs Prolong - What's the difference?
extend | prolong |
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.
(label) To extend in space or length.
(label) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= (label) To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.
Prolong is a synonym of extend.
In transitive terms the difference between extend and prolong
is that extend is to straighten (a limb) while prolong is to lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.As verbs the difference between extend and prolong
is that extend is to increase in extent while prolong is to extend in space or length.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
*prolong
English
Verb
(en verb)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged . In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”}}