Afar vs. Far

Afar vs. Far — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Afar and Far

Afaradverb

At, to, or from a great distance; far away.

He was seen from afar.He loved her from afar.

Faradjective

Distant; remote in space.

He went to a far land.

Afaradverb

(old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far;

we traveled afarwe could see the ship afar offthe Magi came from afar

Faradjective

Remote in time.

Faradjective

Long. en

Faradjective

More remote or longer of two.

He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.
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Faradjective

Extreme, as measured from some central position.

We are on the far right on this issue.

Faradjective

Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.

Faradjective

Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.

far heap; far memory; far pointer

Faradverb

Distant in space, time or degree.

My house is quite far from the beach.The plan is good, but it is far from being flawless.

Faradverb

To or from a great distance, time, or degree.

You have all come far and you will go farther.

Faradverb

(with a comparative) Very much.

He was far richer than we'd thought.
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Farnoun

Spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta), especially in the context of Roman use of it.

Farnoun

a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to reinstitute Hutu control;

in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists

Faradjective

at a great distance in time or space or degree;

we come from a far countryfar corners of the earththe far futurea far journeythe far side of the roadfar from the truthfar in the future

Faradjective

being of a considerable distance or length;

a far trek

Faradjective

being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle;

the horse on the right is the far horsethe right side is the far side of the horse

Faradjective

beyond a norm in opinion or actions;

the far right

Faradverb

to a considerable degree; very much;

a far far better thing that I dofelt far worse than yesterdayeyes far too close together

Faradverb

at or to or from a great distance in space;

he traveled farstrayed far from homesat far away from each other

Faradverb

at or to a certain point or degree;

I can only go so far before I have to give uphow far can we get with this kind of argument?

Faradverb

remote in time;

if we could see far into the futureall that happened far in the past

Faradverb

to an advanced stage or point;

a young man who will go very far