Breadth vs. Length

Difference Between Breadth and Length
Breadthnoun
The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
Lengthnoun
The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
Breadthnoun
A piece of fabric of standard width.
Lengthnoun
duration
Breadthnoun
Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
Lengthnoun
(horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
Breadthnoun
(arts) A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
Lengthnoun
(mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
Breadthnoun
(graph theory) The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.
Lengthnoun
(cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
Breadthnoun
an ability to understand a broad range of topics;
a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subjectLengthnoun
(figuratively) Total extent.
the length of a bookBreadthnoun
the extent of something from side to side
Lengthnoun
Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
a length of ropeLengthverb
(obsolete) To lengthen.
Lengthnoun
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place;
the length of the table was 5 feetLengthnoun
continuance in time;
the ceremony was of short durationhe complained about the length of time requiredLengthnoun
the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end;
the editor limited the length of my article to 500 wordsLengthnoun
size of the gap between two places;
the distance from New York to Chicagohe determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two pointsLengthnoun
a section of something that is long and narrow;
a length of timbera length of tubing