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Lengthener vs Lengthened - What's the difference?

lengthener | lengthened |

As a noun lengthener

is a person or thing that lengthens something.

As a verb lengthened is

(lengthen).

lengthener

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person or thing that lengthens something
    • This exercise is a great leg lengthener .
    I went to the store to get some eyelash lengtheners .
  • *{{quote-book, 1877, George Edwin Waring, Waring's Book of the Farm, page=325 citation
    • , passage=RYE is the great lengthener of the seasons.}}

    Synonyms

    *extender

    Coordinate terms

    *shortener English agent nouns

    lengthened

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (lengthen)

    • lengthen

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make longer, to extend the length of.
  • To become longer.

    • Antonyms

    * shorten