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Retractable vs Telescoping - What's the difference?

retractable | telescoping |

As an adjective retractable

is retractable (capable of being retracted).

As a verb telescoping is

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As a noun telescoping is

the act of extending or contracting in the manner of a telescope.

retractable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Capable of being retracted; retractile.

    • See also

    * pull-down

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A retractable pen.
  • * 1979 , Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    • Somewhere in the cosmos, he said,

    telescoping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of extending or contracting in the manner of a telescope.
  • * 2000 , Walter Sickert, ?Anna Gruetzner Robins, Walter Sickert: The Complete Writings on Art (page 507)
    • Mr Sadleir's prose style recalls Whistler's at every turn. There are the same terrific and nonchalant telescopings of continents and centuries, and the same honeyed omniscience, kind but firm, and the same want of an innate sense of proportion