Barrow vs. Narrow: What's the Difference?

A handbarrow.

Of small or limited width, especially in comparison with length.

A wheelbarrow.

Limited in area or scope; cramped.

A large mound of earth or stones placed over a burial site.

Lacking flexibility; rigid

A pig that has been castrated before reaching sexual maturity.

Barely sufficient; close

(obsolete) A mountain.

Painstakingly thorough or attentive; meticulous

A hill.

(Linguistics) Tense.

A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

To reduce in width or extent; make narrower.

(mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.

To limit or restrict

(British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.

To become narrower; contract.

(saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.

A part of little width, as a pass through mountains.

A castrated boar.

A body of water with little width that connects two larger bodies of water.

A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.

A part of a river or an ocean current that is not wide.

A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow.

Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain.

Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

A hog, esp. a male hog castrated.

(figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.

A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus.

Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted

A heap of rubbish, attle, etc.

Having a small margin or degree.

The quantity that a barrow will hold

(dated) Limited as to means; straitened

(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs

Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

A cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels

Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

(phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.

A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.

(transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.

(intransitive) To get narrower.

(of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.

(knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.

Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.

Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near{5}; - with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow miss; a narrow majority.

Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.

Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.

Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; - distinguished from wide; as ē (ēve) and Ō (fŌd), etc., from ĭ (ĭll) and Ŏ (fŎt), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, 13.

A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; - usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor.

To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.

To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion.

To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.

Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.

To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.

A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

Make or become more narrow or restricted;

Define clearly;

Become more special;

Become tight or as if tight;

Not wide;

Limited in size or scope;

Lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view;

Very limited in degree;

Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination;