Far vs Between - What's the difference?
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Remote in space.
Remote in time.
Long.
More remote or longer of two.
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Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.
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(computing, not comparable) Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
Distant in space, time or degree.
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*:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
To or from a great distance, time, or degree.
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(lb) Very much.
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, title= In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See the Usage notes below.)
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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between ; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
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, title= Done together or reciprocally.
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Shared in confidence.
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In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places).
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Combined (by effort or ownership).
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One of (representing a choice).
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A kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics.
As nouns the difference between far and between
is that far is accident, anger, calamity or far can be sheep while between is a kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics.As a preposition between is
in the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree (see the usage notes below).far
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(wikipedia far)Adjective
(en-adj)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.}}
- He was far from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther.
Antonyms
* (remote in space) close, nearDerived terms
* afar * as far as * by far * faraway * far from * far off * how far * so far * thus farAdverb
(en-adv)Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool, passage=The Reds were on the back foot early on when a catalogue of defensive errors led to Ramires giving Chelsea the lead. Jay Spearing conceded possession in midfield and Ramires escaped Jose Enrique far too easily before scoring at the near post with a shot Reina should have saved.}}
Statistics
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Alternative forms
* betweene (archaic) * betwene (archaic) * (abbreviation)Preposition
(English prepositions)Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}
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