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Thickness vs Length - What's the difference?

thickness | length |

As nouns the difference between thickness and length

is that thickness is the property of being thick (in dimension) while length is the distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.

As a verb length is

to lengthen.

thickness

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).
  • (uncountable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
    • The thickness of the Earth's crust is varies from two to 70 kilometres.
  • (countable) A layer.
    • We upholstered the seat with three thicknesses of cloth to make it more comfortable to sit on.
  • (uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).
    • Whip the cream until it reaches a good thickness .
  • (uncountable, informal) The property of being thick (slow to understand).

    • Synonyms

    * (the property of being thick in dimension) fatness * (measure) depth * (layer) layer, stratum * (in consistency) density, viscosity * (property of being stupid) denseness, slowness, stupidity, thickheadedness

    Antonyms

    * (in consistency) fluidity, liquidity, runniness, thinness, wateriness * (property of being stupid) mental acuity, mental agility, quick-wittedness, sharpness

    Anagrams

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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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