Longer vs Length - What's the difference?
longer | length |
(long)
(long)
The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
duration
* 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:
As nouns the difference between longer and length
is that longer is one who longs or yearns for something while length is the distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.As an adjective longer
is comparative of long.As an adverb longer
is comparative of long.As a verb length is
to lengthen.longer
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(head)Adverb
(head)Derived terms
* no longerEtymology 2
Statistics
* ----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.
