Stretch vs Scope - What's the difference?

Stretch is a related term of scope.

As verbs the difference between stretch and scope

is that stretch is (label) to lengthen by pulling while scope is to perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out .

As nouns the difference between stretch and scope

is that stretch is an act of stretching while scope is the breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.

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.

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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

scope

English

Noun

(en noun)

The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.

A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target

(computing) The region of program source in which an identifier is meaningful.

(logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.

(linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.

the scope of an adverb

(slang) Shortened form of periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.

Derived terms

* scopeless

Verb

(scop)

To perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out .

(slang) To perform arthroscopic surgery.

The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.

(slang) To examine under a microscope.

The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it.

Anagrams

* copes * copse ----