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Prolong vs Elongated - What's the difference?

prolong | elongated |

As verbs the difference between prolong and elongated

is that prolong is (label) to extend in space or length while elongated is (elongate).

As an adjective elongated is

extensive in length.

prolong

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (label) To extend in space or length.
  • (label) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
  • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged . In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”}}
  • (label) To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.
  • Derived terms

    * prolongable * prolongation * prolonger * prolongment

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    elongated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • extensive in length
  • stretched
  • (of a polyhedron) Having been modified by placing an prism in the middle of the polyhedron.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (elongate)
  • Derived terms

    *gyroelongated