The difference between Far and Long

When used as nouns, far means spelt (a type of wheat, triticum spelta), especially in the context of roman use of it, whereas long means a long vowel.

When used as adverbs, far means distant in space, time or degree, whereas long means over a great distance in space.

When used as adjectives, far means distant, whereas long means having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point .

Long is also verb with the meaning: to take a long position in.

check bellow for the other definitions of Far and Long

  1. Far as an adjective (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England):

    Distant.

    Examples:

    "A far land."

  2. Far as an adjective:

    Remote in space.

    Examples:

    "He went to a far country."

  3. Far as an adjective:

    Remote in time.

  4. Far as an adjective:

    Long.

    Examples:

    "It was a far adventure, full of danger."

  5. Far as an adjective:

    More remote or longer of two.

    Examples:

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

  6. Far as an adjective:

    Extreme.

    Examples:

    "We are on the far right on this issue."

  7. Far as an adjective:

    Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.

  8. Far as an adjective (computing, not comparable):

    Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.

    Examples:

    "'far heap; far memory; far pointer"

  1. Far as an adverb:

    Distant in space, time or degree.

    Examples:

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

  2. Far as an adverb:

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

    Examples:

    "You have all come far and you will go farther."

  3. Far as an adverb (with a comparative):

    Very much.

    Examples:

    "He was far richer than we'd thought."

  1. Far as a noun:

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

  1. Far as a noun (UK, dialect):

    A litter of piglets; a farrow.

  1. 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."

  2. Long as an adjective:

    Having great duration.

    Examples:

    "The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time."

  3. Long as an adjective:

    Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.

  4. Long as an adjective (British, dialect):

    Not short; tall.

  5. 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."

  6. Long as an adjective (cricket):

    Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).

  7. 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...."

  8. Long as an adjective:

    Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.

  1. Long as an adverb:

    Over a great distance in space.

    Examples:

    "He threw the ball long."

  2. Long as an adverb:

    For a particular duration.

    Examples:

    "How long is it until the next bus arrives?"

  3. 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."

  1. Long as a noun (linguistics):

    A long vowel.

  2. 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."

  3. Long as a noun (finance):

    An entity with a long position in an asset.

    Examples:

    "Every uptick made the longs cheer."

  4. Long as a noun (music):

    A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.

  1. Long as a verb (transitive, finance):

    To take a long position in.

  1. 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."

  1. Long as an adjective (archaic):

    On account , because .

  1. Long as a verb (archaic):

    To be appropriate , to pertain or belong .

  1. Long as a noun:

    longitude

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