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Terms vs Longline - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and longline

is that terms is while longline is (fishing) a very long fishing line carrying a series of baited hooks.

As a verb longline is

to fish with a line of this kind.

As an adjective longline is

(female clothing) longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips.

terms

English

Noun

(head)

    • Statistics

    * ----

    longline

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (fishing) A very long fishing line carrying a series of baited hooks.

    • Related terms

    * long-line

    Verb

    (longlin)
  • To fish with a line of this kind.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (female clothing) Longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips.
  • * 1953 , Farm Journal (volume 77)
    • Strapless longline bra, with wired underbust and flexible boning, smooths womanly curves.
  • * 2007 , Solange Ayre, One Thousand Brides (page 5)
    • In the dressing room, the smiling attendant helped her into the longline corset with its built-in bra.

    See also

    * long line (in mathematics)