Span vs. Spam

Span and Spam Definitions
Span
The extent or measure of space between two points or extremities, as of a bridge or roof; the breadth.
Spam
Unsolicited email, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk email.
Span
The distance between the tips of the wings of an airplane.
Spam
A single piece of such email
"receiving dozens of spams a day" (George Johnson).
Span
The section between two abutments or piers of a bridge.
Spam
To send unsolicited email to.
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Span
Something, such as a railroad trestle or bridge, that extends from one point to another.
Spam
To send (a message) indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups.
Span
The distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended, formerly used as a unit of measure equal to about 9 inches (23 centimeters).
Spam
Unsolicited bulk electronic messages.
I get far too much spam.
I received 58 spams yesterday.
Span
A period of time
A span of life.
Spam
Any undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposes.
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Span
(Nautical) A stretch of rope made fast at either end.
Spam
Ellipsis of spam account
Span
A pair of animals, such as oxen, matched as in size or color and driven as a team.
Spam
A type of tinned meat made mainly from ham.
Span
To extend across in space or time
A bridge that spans the gorge.
A career that spanned 40 years.
Spam
To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages.)
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Span
To encircle or cover with the hand or hands.
Spam
To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages) to a person or entity.
Span
To measure in spans.
Spam
To do something rapidly and repeatedly.
Stop spamming that special attack!
Spam this button to get a speed boost.
Span
A past tense of spin.
Spam
To post the same text repeatedly with disruptive effect; to flood.
Span
The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.
Spam
A canned meat made largely from pork
Span
Any of various traditional units of length approximating this distance, especially the English handspan of 9 inches forming ⅛ fathom and equivalent to 22.86 cm.
Spam
Unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)
Span
(by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.
He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.
Spam
Send unwanted or junk e-mail
Span
A portion of something by length; a subsequence.
Span
The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.
Span
The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
Span
(nautical) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.
Span
A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
Span
(mathematics) The space of all linear combinations of something.
Span
(computing) The time required to execute a parallel algorithm on an infinite number of processors, i.e. the shortest distance across a directed acyclic graph representing the computation steps.
Span
Wingspan of a plane or bird
Span
(transitive) To extend through the distance between or across.
The suspension bridge spanned the canyon.
Span
(transitive) To extend through (a time period).
The parking lot spans three acres.
The novel spans three centuries.
Span
(transitive) To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.
To span a space or distance; to span a cylinder
Span
(mathematics) To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.
Span
To be matched, as horses.
Span
(transitive) To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
Span
The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.
Span
Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.
Yet not to earth's contracted spanThy goodness let me bound.
Life's but a span; I'll every inch enjoy.
Span
The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports.
Span
A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.
Span
A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
Span
To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder.
My right hand hath spanned the heavens.
Span
To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch.
The rivers were spanned by arches of solid masonry.
Span
To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
Span
To be matched, as horses.
Span
The complete duration of something;
The job was finished in the span of an hour
Span
The distance or interval between two points
Span
Two items of the same kind
Span
A unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
Span
A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
Span
The act of sitting or standing astride
Span
To cover or extend over an area or time period;
Rivers traverse the valley floor
The parking lot spans 3 acres
The novel spans three centuries