Stretch vs Measure - What's the difference?

Stretch is a related term of measure.

As verbs the difference between stretch and measure

is that stretch is (label) to lengthen by pulling while measure is to ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.

As nouns the difference between stretch and measure

is that stretch is an act of stretching while measure is the quantity, size, weight, distance or capacity of a substance compared to a designated standard.

stretch

English

Verb

(label) To lengthen by pulling.

(label) To lengthen when pulled.

* Boyle

The inner membrane because it would stretch and yield, remained unbroken.

(label) To pull tight.

To get more use than expected from a limited resource.

To make inaccurate by exaggeration.

(label) To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.

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To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles

(label) To extend to a limit point

(label) To increase.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Neil Johnston, work=BBC Sport

, title= Norwich 3-3 Blackburn , passage=Yakubu took advantage of John Ruddy's error to put the visitors back in front, with Chris Samba's header stretching their advantage.}}

To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.

a man apt to stretch in his report of facts

(label) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.

The ship stretched to the eastward.

Noun

(es)

An act of stretching.

I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.

To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.

The ability to lengthen when pulled.

That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.

A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief.

It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.

A segment of a journey or route.

It was an easy trip except for the last stretch , which took forever.

(label) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.

(label) A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.

A length of time.

He did a 7-year stretch in jail.

After the harvest there was a stretch of clear dry weather, and the animals toiled harder than ever

(label) A term of address for a tall person

* 2007 , Michael Farrell, Running with Buffalo

*:“Hey, Stretch ,” he shouted at a tall, spectacled co-worker, “turn the fucking station, will you? You know I can't stand Rush, and it's all they play on this one. If I hear those assholes whine 'Tom Sawyer' one more time, I may go on a fucking killing spree.

Derived terms

{{der3, at full stretch , by a long stretch , cat stretch , outstretch , overstretch , seventh inning stretch , stretchable , stretch limo , stretch of the imagination , stretch mark , stretch out , stretch pants , stretcher , stretchy}}

Anagrams

* English ergative verbs

measure

English

(wikipedia measure)

Noun

(en noun)

The quantity, size, weight, distance or capacity of a substance compared to a designated standard.

An (unspecified) quantity or capacity.

* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban'' (in ''The Guardian , 6 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/06/england-moldova-world-cup-qualifier-matchreport]

It ended up being a bittersweet night for England, full of goals to send the crowd home happy, buoyed by the news that Montenegro and Poland had drawn elsewhere in Group H but also with a measure of regret about what happened to Danny Welbeck and what it means for Roy Hodgson's team going into a much more difficult assignment against Ukraine.

The precise designated distance between two objects or points.

The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated.

The tailor took my measure for a coat.

* Bible, Job xi. 9

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

The act of measuring.

(Shakespeare)

A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition.

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(music) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats.

(dancing) A regulated movement, especially in a slow and stately dance, corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed.

(poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.

a poem in iambic measure

A rule, ruler or measuring stick.

A tactic, strategy or piece of legislation.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}

(mathematics) A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, probability and the like.

(arithmetic, dated) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor.

the greatest common measure of two or more numbers

(geology) A bed or stratum.

coal measures'''; lead '''measures

An indicator; something used to assess some property.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 23, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport

, title= Man Utd 1-6 Man City , passage=City were also the victors on that occasion 56 years ago, winning 5-0, but this visit was portrayed as a measure of their progress against the 19-time champions.}}

Synonyms

* (musical designation) bar * (precise designated distance) metric

Hyponyms

* (mathematics) positive measure, signed measure, complex measure, Borel measure, , complete measure, Lebesgue measure

Verb

(measur)

To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=11, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Towards the end of poverty , passage=But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.}}

To estimate the unit size of something.

To judge, value, or appraise.

* (John Milton)

Great are thy works, Jehovah, infinite / Thy power! what thought can measure thee?

To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.

(rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.

* (William Shakespeare)

A true devoted pilgrim is not weary / To measure kingdoms with his feeble steps.

To adjust by a rule or standard.

* Jeremy Taylor

To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires by your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires.

To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out'' or ''off .

* Bible, Matthew vii. 2

With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

* Addison

That portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun.

Derived terms

* measurement * measure stick * measure theory

External links

* * * 1000 English basic words