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Shred vs Length - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between shred and length

is that shred is a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip while length is the distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.

As verbs the difference between shred and length

is that shred is to cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips while length is to lengthen.

shred

English

(wikipedia shred)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • shreds of tanned leather
  • In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.
    • There isn't a shred of evidence to support his claims.
    (Shakespeare)

    Synonyms

    * See also .

    Related terms

    * screed

    Verb

  • To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.
    • (Chaucer)
  • *
  • (obsolete) To lop; to prune; to trim.
  • (snowboarding) To ride aggressively.
  • (bodybuilding) To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
  • (music, slang) To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).

    • Derived terms

    * shredder

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    length

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
  • duration
  • * Robert Frost
    • Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length .
  • (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.
    • the length of a book
  • Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
    • 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 launching

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To lengthen.
  • * 1599 , , XIV. 30:
    • Pack night, peep day; good day, of night now borrow: / Short night, to-night, and length thyself to-morrow.

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