The difference between Ache and Long
When used as nouns, ache means continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain, whereas long means a long vowel.
When used as verbs, ache means to suffer pain, whereas long means to take a long position in.
Long is also adverb with the meaning: over a great distance in space.
Long is also adjective with the meaning: having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point .
check bellow for the other definitions of Ache and Long
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Ache as a verb (intransitive):
To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
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Ache as a verb (transitive, literary, rare):
To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
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Ache as a noun:
Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
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Ache as a noun (obsolete):
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Ache as a noun:
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Long as an adjective:
Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point .
Examples:
"It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon."
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Long as an adjective:
Having great duration.
Examples:
"The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time."
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Long as an adjective:
Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
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Long as an adjective (British, dialect):
Not short; tall.
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Long as an adjective (finance):
Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.
Examples:
"I'm long in DuPont;  I have a long position in DuPont."
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Long as an adjective (cricket):
Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
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Long as an adjective (tennis, of a ball or a shot):
That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out).
Examples:
"No! That forehand is longnb...."
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Long as an adjective:
Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
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Long as an adverb:
Over a great distance in space.
Examples:
"He threw the ball long."
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Long as an adverb:
For a particular duration.
Examples:
"How long is it until the next bus arrives?"
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Long as an adverb:
For a long duration.
Examples:
"Will this interview take long?"
"Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world."
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Long as a noun (linguistics):
A long vowel.
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Long as a noun (programming):
A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
Examples:
"A long is typically 64 [[bit]]s in a 32-bit environment."
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Long as a noun (finance):
An entity with a long position in an asset.
Examples:
"Every uptick made the longs cheer."
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Long as a noun (music):
A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
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Long as a verb (transitive, finance):
To take a long position in.
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Long as a verb (intransitive):
To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
Examples:
"She longed for him to come back."
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Long as an adjective (archaic):
On account , because .
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Long as a verb (archaic):
To be appropriate , to pertain or belong .
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Long as a noun:
longitude
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