Morsel vs Length - What's the difference?
morsel | length | Related terms |
A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.
A very small amount.
* 2008 , Pamela Griffin, New York Brides , Barbour Publishing Inc. (2008), ISBN 9781597899840, page 70:
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.
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Morsel is a related term of length.
As nouns the difference between morsel and length
is that morsel is a small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food while length is the distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.As a verb length is
(obsolete) to lengthen.morsel
English
Noun
(en noun)- Didn't even a morsel of decency remain in his brother?
Synonyms
* See also .Derived terms
* morselize, morselizationExternal links
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* ----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.