Lengthening vs Widening - What's the difference?
lengthening | widening | Related terms |
Of things that are growing wider.
Of things that are separate, with increasing separation.
The falcon cannot hear the falconer; The action of the verb widen.
* 1887 — , Olalla
As nouns the difference between lengthening and widening
is that lengthening is a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens while widening is the action of the verb widen.As verbs the difference between lengthening and widening
is that lengthening is present participle of lang=en while widening is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective widening is
of things that are growing wider.widening
English
Adjective
(-)- The widening gap between rich and poor creates social problems.
Quotations
* 1920 — *: Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Noun
(en noun)- She looked up sleepily and asked me what it was, and with the very words I thought she drew in her breath with a widening of the nostrils and seemed to come suddenly and fully alive.