What's the difference between far and long?

Far


Definition:

  • (n.) A young pig, or a litter of pigs.
  • (a.) Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent.
  • (a.) Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty.
  • (a.) Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated.
  • (a.) Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.
  • (a.) The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he mounts.
  • (adv.) To a great extent or distance of space; widely; as, we are separated far from each other.
  • (adv.) To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches far into antiquity.
  • (adv.) In great part; as, the day is far spent.
  • (adv.) In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply; greatly.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These results indicated that the PG determination was the most accurate predictor of fetal lung well-being prior to birth among the clinical tests so far reported.
  • (2) As far as acrophase table is concerned for all enzymes and fractions the acrophase occurred during the night.
  • (3) A commensurate rise in both smoking and adenocarcinoma has occurred in the Far East where the incidence rate (40%) is twice that of North America or Europe.
  • (4) Brown's model, which goes far further than those from any other senior Labour figure, and the modest new income tax powers for Holyrood devised when he was prime minister, edge the party much closer to the quasi-federal plans championed by the Liberal Democrats.
  • (5) It contains 10,000 apartments so far, in blocks that might appear Soviet but for shades of blue, green and yellow.
  • (6) But not only did it post a larger loss than expected, Amazon also projected 7% to 18% revenue growth over the busiest shopping period of the year, a far cry from the 20%-plus pace that had convinced investors to overlook its persistent lack of profit in the past.
  • (7) Mary's grief, which lasts for about the first half of the two-hour premiere special, is the finest work of the series so far by Michelle Dockery.
  • (8) I hope I can play a major part in really highlighting the need for far more extensive family violence training within all organisations that deal with women and children, including the police and the department of human services,” Batty said.
  • (9) Reasons for non-acceptance do not indicate any major difficulties in the employment of such staff in general practice, at least as far as the patients are concerned.
  • (10) Little is so far known of the origin of this syndrome.
  • (11) Although there was already satisfaction in the development of dementia-friendly pharmacies and Pride in Practice, a new standard of excellence in healthcare for gay, lesbian and bisexual patients, the biggest achievement so far was the bringing together of a strategic partnership of 37 NHS, local government and social organisations.
  • (12) Unlikely, he laughs: "We were founded on the idea of distributing information as far as possible."
  • (13) US presidential election 2016: the state of the Republican race as the year begins Read more So far, the former secretary of state seems to be recovering well from self-inflicted wounds that dogged the start of her second, and most concerted, attempt for the White House.
  • (14) The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that the problems which arise from simultaneously developing regulatory and competitive approaches to health care cost containment can be solved, if recognized, and that those problems deserve more systematic investigation than they have so far received.
  • (15) In general, air from the mediastinum far more often enters the left pleural cavity than the right one.
  • (16) In the far east is the arid, depressed country leading down Hell’s Canyon, which bottoms out at the Snake River, which the wolves crossed when they moved from Idaho, and which they now treat more as a crosswalk than a barrier.
  • (17) We demonstrated that while the protein was incorporated into the cell layer at 6, 24, 48, and 72 hr, a far greater amount was secreted into the media.
  • (18) Still, even as unknowable as this decision may be for him, as any decision is, really, he is far more qualified to understand his desires and goals that would inform that decision than anyone else is.
  • (19) They include the Francoist slogan "Arriba España" and the yoke-and-arrows symbol of the far right Falange, whose members killed the women.
  • (20) For each of the goals, some were far from complying.

Long


Definition:

  • (superl.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.
  • (superl.) Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book.
  • (superl.) Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching.
  • (superl.) Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
  • (superl.) Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.
  • (superl.) Far-reaching; extensive.
  • (superl.) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 22, 30.
  • (n.) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
  • (n.) A long sound, syllable, or vowel.
  • (n.) The longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and substance of it.
  • (adv.) To a great extent in apace; as, a long drawn out line.
  • (adv.) To a great extent in time; during a long time.
  • (adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest.
  • (adv.) Through the whole extent or duration.
  • (adv.) Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in question; as, how long will you be gone?
  • (prep.) By means of; by the fault of; because of.
  • (a.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for.
  • (a.) To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A 2.5-month-old child with cyanotic heart disease who required long-term PGE1 infusions; developed widespread periosteal reactions during the course of therapy.
  • (2) Arda Turan's deflected long-range strike puts Atlético back in control.
  • (3) Both the vitellogenesis and the GtH cell activity are restored in the fish exposed to short photoperiod if it is followed by a long photoperiod.
  • (4) Participants (n=165) entering a week-long outpatient education program completed a protocol measuring self-care patterns, glycosylated hemoglobin levels, and emotional well-being.
  • (5) The half-life of 45Ca in the various calcium fractions of both types of bone was 72 hours in both the control and malnourished groups except the calcium complex portion of the long bone of the control group, which was about 100 hours.
  • (6) Under blood preservation conditions the difference of the rates of ATP-production and -consumption is the most important factor for a high ATP-level over long periods.
  • (7) The origins of aging of higher forms of life, particularly humans, is presented as the consequence of an evolved balance between 4 specific kinds of dysfunction-producing events and 4 kinds of evolved counteracting effects in long-lived forms.
  • (8) The International Monetary Fund, which has long urged Nigeria to remove the subsidy, supports the move.
  • (9) Arthrotomy with continuous irrigation appears to be more effective in decreasing long-term residual effects than arthrotomy alone.
  • (10) A significant correlation was found between the amplitude ratio of the R2 and the sensitivity ratio of the rapid off-response at short and long wavelengths.
  • (11) Taken together these results are consistent with the view that primary CTL, as well as long term cloned CTL cell lines, exercise their cytolytic activity by means of perforin.
  • (12) A novel prostaglandin E2 analogue, CL 115347, can be administered transdermally on a long-term basis.
  • (13) Michael Caine was his understudy for the 1959 play The Long and the Short and the Tall at the Royal Court Theatre.
  • (14) In the German Democratic Republic, patients with scleroderma and history of long term silica exposure are recognized as patients with occupational disease even though pneumoconiosis is not clearly demonstrated on X-ray film.
  • (15) But that's just it - they need to be viable in the long term.
  • (16) Several interpretations of the results are examined including the possibility that the effects of Valium use were short-lived rather than long-term and that Valium may have been taken in anticipation of anxiety rather than after its occurrence.
  • (17) Variables included an ego-delay measure obtained from temporal estimations, perceptions of temporal dominance and relatedness obtained from Cottle's Circles Test, Ss' ages, and a measure of long-term posthospital adjustment.
  • (18) However, used effectively, credit can help you to make the most of your money - so long as you are careful!
  • (19) Since 1979, patients started on long-term lithium treatment at the Psychiatric Hospital in Risskov have been followed systematically with recording of clinical and laboratory variables before the start of treatment, after 6 and 12 months of treatment, and thereafter at yearly intervals.
  • (20) Compared with conservative management, better long-term success (determined by return of athletic soundness and less evidence of degenerative joint disease) was achieved with surgical curettage of elbow subchondral cystic lesions.

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