Streak vs Extended - What's the difference?
streak | extended |
An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
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, title= A continuous series of like events.
The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.
A moth of the family Geometridae .
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A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
(shipbuilding) A strake.
A rung or round of a ladder.
To have or obtain streaks.
(slang) To run naked in public.
To create streaks.
To move very swiftly.
(obsolete, UK, Scotland) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
(extend)
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
As verbs the difference between streak and extended
is that streak is to have or obtain streaks while extended is (extend).As a noun streak
is an irregular line left from smearing or motion.As an adjective extended is
longer in length or extension; elongated.streak
English
(wikipedia streak)Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
Derived terms
* streak of good luckVerb
(en verb)- If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak.
- It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field.
- You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.