doubleton vs span

span vs doubleton

doubleton and span both are nouns.

doubleton is not a verb while span is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
doubleton	Yes	No	No	No
span	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, span is a hypernym of doubleton; that is, span is a word with a broader meaning than doubleton:

doubleton: (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player
span: two items of the same kind

Other hypernyms of doubleton include brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, twain, twosome, yoke.

doubleton (noun)	span (noun)
(bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player	the act of sitting or standing astride
	a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
	the distance or interval between two points
	a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
	two items of the same kind
	the complete duration of something

doubleton (verb)	span (verb)
	to cover or extend over an area or time period

Difference between doubleton and span

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