What's the difference between afield and further?

Afield


Definition:

  • (adv.) To, in, or on the field.
  • (adv.) Out of the way; astray.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They were going further afield to other places where they could get the best business in terms of cheaper labour.
  • (2) There have been news stories as far afield as India, Romania, the United Arab Emirates and Taiwan.
  • (3) "We are now looking further afield: India, China, the Middle East, South America," said managing director Mark Webber.
  • (4) How this angry, increasingly radical young man became connected to what appears to be a sophisticated terrorist cell is the subject of urgent inquiry for security services in Britain and further afield.
  • (5) This year I plan to head much further afield, to Arctic Canada – hopefully to spot polar bears in far-north Quebec.
  • (6) But still, it doesn't seem that far afield for him to have gotten the memo about how the crisis in news is no longer moral (what a luxury!
  • (7) At a 2.20am press conference, Captain Ron Johnson of the Missouri state highway patrol said 31 people had been arrested, some who had come from as far afield as New York and California.
  • (8) Within days, US networks were demanding interviews as were media organisations from as far afield as Japan, Denmark, Canada and Australia.
  • (9) China hopes to build 110 nuclear power plants at home and wants to use its own designs at Bradwell as a showcase to help it sell its technology further afield.
  • (10) In turn, a growing number of London councils are forced to house their homeless people further and further afield.
  • (11) So you would have a system that the staff at the house would call ahead to the boat, and the owners would appear 10 minutes later and you’d just happen to have fresh towels and scented water waiting for them.” In recent years, a growing number of superyacht owners and charterers, particularly those under 40, have cruised further afield than the “milk run” of Mediterranean resorts to remote routes, including the Arctic Northwest Passage, fuelling demand for designer icebreakers, such as the SeaExplorer range.
  • (12) Case study 'We're having to look further afield' Tinsley Bridge steelworks is pursuing what the government might see as a model business plan and defying the continuing downturn in manufacturing.
  • (13) The scheme has attracted attention as far afield as Amsterdam, Milwaukee and Cape Town.
  • (14) With no more than 1.5 billion people online worldwide, the company is already close to saturation point in many countries and is now looking further afield.
  • (15) This year's show features acts from as far afield as France, Greece, Germany, the United States and Ukraine.
  • (16) If too few badgers were killed, then those escaping would spread TB further afield and actually increase herd infections.
  • (17) As far as the police in Nairobi are concerned, Jermaine Grant, 29, is involved with al-Shabaab, which has been responsible for numerous bombings in Mogadishu and northern Somalia , and is seemingly determined to export its violence further afield.
  • (18) The city is compact and easy to navigate by foot, and you can travel further afield by bike or on the reliable, cheap bus network.
  • (19) Last month Boko Haram threatened to strike farther afield, with potentially catastrophic consequences for the economy.
  • (20) Newham, one of the most economically deprived local authorities in the UK, which legally must house claimants, said it had had to look "further afield for an alternative supply" of affordable housing.

Further


Definition:

  • (adv.) To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther.
  • (superl.) More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance; farther; as, the further end of the field. See Farther.
  • (superl.) Beyond; additional; as, a further reason for this opinion; nothing further to suggest.
  • (adv.) To help forward; to promote; to advance; to forward; to help or assist.

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