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Enduring vs Lengthy - What's the difference?

enduring | lengthy |

As adjectives the difference between enduring and lengthy

is that enduring is long-lasting while lengthy is having length; long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension.

As a verb enduring

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun enduring

is endurance.

enduring

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Long-lasting.
    • an enduring belief in democracy

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • endurance
  • * 1854 , James Kennedy, Probable Origin of the American Indians (page 14)
    • It could be only long years of privations and endurings of hardships that could enable the Esquimaux to traverse over those icy regions with the facilities they have learned to practise

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    lengthy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having length; long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=Jluy 19 , author=Ella Davies , title=Sticks insects survive one million years without sex , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction. }}
    a lengthy text
    a lengthy discussion
    a laborious and lengthy process
    She died last night after a lengthy illness.
    They received lengthy prison terms.

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