Length vs Girth - What's the difference?
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The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
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* Robert Frost
(horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
(mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
(cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
(figuratively) Total extent.
Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
(obsolete) To lengthen.
* 1599 , , XIV. 30:
The distance measured around an object.
A band passed under the belly of an animal to hold various types of saddles in place.
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The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
(informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
* Addison
A small horizontal brace or girder.
As nouns the difference between length and girth
is that length is the distance measured along the longest dimension of an object while girth is the distance measured around an object.As verbs the difference between length and girth
is that length is to lengthen while girth is to bind as if with a girth or band.length
English
Noun
(en noun)- Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length .
- the length of a book
- a length of rope
Derived terms
* arm's length * at length * cable length * feature-length * floor-length * focal length * full-length * good length * go to great lengths * half-length * knee-length * lengthen * lengthful * length overall * lengthways * lengthwise * lengthy * line and length * null patch length * overlength * path length * screening length * short of a length * wavelength * zero-length launchingVerb
(en verb)- Pack night, peep day; good day, of night now borrow: / Short night, to-night, and length thyself to-morrow.
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* 1000 English basic wordsgirth
English
Noun
(en noun)- He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth .
