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length vs longness

longness vs length

length and longness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
length Yes No No No
longness Yes No No No
As nouns, longness is a hyponym of length; that is, longness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than length:
  • length: the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
  • longness: the property of being of long spatial extent
Other hyponyms of length include circumference, diam, diameter, r, radius, shortness.
As nouns, longness is a hyponym of length; that is, longness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than length:
  • length: continuance in time
  • longness: duration as an extension
length (noun) longness (noun)
a section of something that is long and narrow the property of being of long spatial extent
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place duration as an extension
continuance in time
the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end
size of the gap between two places
Difference between length and longness

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