Width vs Girth - What's the difference?
width | girth |
The state of being wide.
The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric.
(cricket) The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.
(sports) The use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other.
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The distance measured around an object.
A band passed under the belly of an animal to hold various types of saddles in place.
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The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
(informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
* Addison
A small horizontal brace or girder.
As nouns the difference between width and girth
is that width is the state of being wide while girth is the distance measured around an object.As a verb girth is
to bind as if with a girth or band.width
English
Noun
(wikipedia width) (en noun)- Manchester United like to play with width .
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Synonyms
* (extent or measure of how broad or wide something is) breadthgirth
English
Noun
(en noun)- He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth .