Widening vs Stretching - What's the difference?
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Of things that are growing wider.
Of things that are separate, with increasing separation.
The falcon cannot hear the falconer; The action of the verb widen.
* 1887 — , Olalla
The act by which something is stretched.
* 1859 , Victor Regnault, Elements of Chemistry
A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.
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Widening is a related term of stretching.
As nouns the difference between widening and stretching
is that widening is the action of the verb widen while stretching is the act by which something is stretched.As verbs the difference between widening and stretching
is that widening is while stretching is .As an adjective widening
is of things that are growing wider.widening
English
Adjective
(-)- The widening gap between rich and poor creates social problems.
Quotations
* 1920 — *: Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Noun
(en noun)- She looked up sleepily and asked me what it was, and with the very words I thought she drew in her breath with a widening of the nostrils and seemed to come suddenly and fully alive.
Verb
(head)stretching
English
Noun
(wikipedia stretching) (en noun)- [Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings , before they acquire the necessary pliancy.