Swatch vs Length - What's the difference?
swatch | length | Related terms |
A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.
To create a swatch.
The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
duration
* Robert Frost
(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.
Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
(obsolete) To lengthen.
* 1599 , , XIV. 30:
Swatch is a related term of length.
As nouns the difference between swatch and length
is that swatch is a piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material while length is the distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.As verbs the difference between swatch and length
is that swatch is to create a swatch while length is (obsolete) to lengthen.swatch
English
Noun
(es)- He held a swatch of the wallpaper up to see if the colors would match the room.
Verb
- Swatching is important in knitting to obtain the correct gauge.
length
English
Noun
(en noun)- Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length .
- the length of a book
- 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 launchingVerb
(en verb)- Pack night, peep day; good day, of night now borrow: / Short night, to-night, and length thyself to-morrow.
