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Extended vs Extender - What's the difference?

extended | extender |

As a verb extended

is (extend).

As an adjective extended

is longer in length or extension; elongated.

As a noun extender is

any of various substances designed to extend any of several properties of a material.

extended

English

Verb

(head)
  • (extend)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • longer in length or extension; elongated
  • stretched out or pulled out; expanded
  • lasting longer; protracted
  • having a large scope or range; extensive
  • (of a typeface) wider than usual

    • extender

    English

    (wikipedia extender)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various substances designed to extend any of several properties of a material.
  • Any of various components designed to extend the length of a device.
  • Any substance added to meat to bulk it out, with a higher protein content than a filler.
    • Soy protein is used as a meat extender .
  • (climbing) A runner, or quick-draw. (from sense #2)
  • (linguistics) A phrase that extends an expression to include further members of a set, e.g. "and stuff", "or something".

    • Derived terms

    * DOS extender

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