Length vs Heigh - What's the difference?

length | heigh |

As a noun length

is the distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.

As a verb length

is (obsolete) to lengthen.

As an interjection heigh is

an exclamation designed to call attention, give encouragement, etc.

length

English

Noun

(en noun)

The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.

duration

* Robert Frost

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length .

(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.

the length of a book

Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.

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 launching

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To lengthen.

* 1599 , , XIV. 30:

Pack night, peep day; good day, of night now borrow: / Short night, to-night, and length thyself to-morrow.

Statistics

* 1000 English basic words

heigh

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l) * (l), (l) (Scotland)

Interjection

(en interjection)

An exclamation designed to call attention, give encouragement, etc.

* 1610 , William Shakespeare, The Tempest , Act 1, scene 1:

Heigh , my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts.

Derived terms

* (l)