distance vs leg

distance and leg both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distance	Yes	No	Yes	No
leg	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, leg is a hyponym of distance; that is, leg is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than distance:

Other hyponyms of distance include arm's length, gauge, light time, skip distance, wingspan, wingspread, wingspread, altitude.

distance (noun)	leg (noun)
the property created by the space between two objects or points	a section or portion of a journey or course
size of the gap between two places	(nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
indifference by personal withdrawal	a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg
a distant region	one of the supports for a piece of furniture
the interval between two times	a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
a remote point in time	a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
	a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
	the limb of an animal used for food
	a part of a forked or branching shape

distance (verb)	leg (verb)
go far ahead of
keep at a distance