The difference between Narrow and Short
When used as nouns, narrow means a narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea, whereas short means a short circuit.
When used as verbs, narrow means to reduce in width or extent, whereas short means to cause a short circuit in (something).
When used as adjectives, narrow means having a small width, whereas short means having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
Short is also preposition with the meaning: deficient in.
Short is also adverb with the meaning: abruptly, curtly, briefly.
check bellow for the other definitions of Narrow and Short
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Narrow as an adjective:
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
Examples:
"a narrow hallway"
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Narrow as an adjective:
Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
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Narrow as an adjective (figuratively):
Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
Examples:
"a narrow interpretation"
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Narrow as an adjective:
Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
Examples:
"a narrow mind"
"'narrow views"
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Narrow as an adjective:
Having a small margin or degree.
Examples:
"a narrow escape"
"The Republicans won by a narrow majority."
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Narrow as an adjective (dated):
Limited as to means; straitened
Examples:
"narrow circumstances"
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Narrow as an adjective:
Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
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Narrow as an adjective:
Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
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Narrow as an adjective (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.
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Narrow as a verb (transitive):
To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
Examples:
"We need to narrow the search."
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Narrow as a verb (intransitive):
To get narrower.
Examples:
"The road narrows."
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Narrow as a verb (of a person or eyes):
To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
Examples:
"He stepped in front of me, narrowing his eyes to slits."
"She wagged her finger in his face, and her eyes narrowed."
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Narrow as a verb (knitting):
To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
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Narrow as a noun (chiefly, in the plural):
A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
Examples:
"the Narrows of New York harbor"
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Short as an adjective:
Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
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Short as an adjective (of a person):
Of comparatively little height.
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Short as an adjective:
Having little duration; opposite of long.
Examples:
"Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long."
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Short as an adjective (followed by '''for'''):
Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
Examples:
"“Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible"."
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Short as an adjective (cricket, of a [[fielder]] or fielding [[position]]):
that is relatively close to the batsman.
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Short as an adjective (cricket, of a ball):
that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
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Short as an adjective (golf, of an approach shot or putt):
that falls short of the green or the hole.
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Short as an adjective (of pastries and metals):
Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening.
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Short as an adjective:
Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
Examples:
"He gave a short answer to the question."
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Short as an adjective:
Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
Examples:
"a short supply of provisions"
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Short as an adjective:
Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.
Examples:
"to be short of money"
"The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift."
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Short as an adjective:
Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
Examples:
"an account which is short of the truth"
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Short as an adjective (obsolete):
Not distant in time; near at hand.
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Short as an adjective:
Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
Examples:
"I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging."
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Short as an adverb:
Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
Examples:
"They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street."
"He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting."
"The boss got a message and cut the meeting short."
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Short as an adverb:
Unawares.
Examples:
"The recent developments at work caught them short."
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Short as an adverb:
Without achieving a goal or requirement.
Examples:
"His speech fell short of what was expected."
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Short as an adverb (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a [[cricket ball]]):
Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
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Short as an adverb (finance):
With a negative ownership position.
Examples:
"We went short most finance companies in July."
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Short as a noun:
A short circuit.
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Short as a noun:
A short film.
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Short as a noun:
Examples:
"38 short suits fit me right off the rack."
"Do you have that size in a short."
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Short as a noun (baseball):
A shortstop.
Examples:
"Jones smashes a grounder between third and short."
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Short as a noun (finance):
A short seller.
Examples:
"The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne."
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Short as a noun (finance):
A short sale.
Examples:
"He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months."
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Short as a noun:
A summary account.
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Short as a noun (phonetics):
A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
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Short as a noun (programming):
An having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
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Short as a verb (transitive):
To cause a short circuit in (something).
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Short as a verb (intransitive):
Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
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Short as a verb (transitive):
To shortchange.
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Short as a verb (transitive):
To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
Examples:
"This is the third time I've caught them shorting us."
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Short as a verb (transitive, business):
To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
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Short as a verb (obsolete):
To shorten.
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Short as a preposition:
Deficient in.
Examples:
"We are short a few men on the second shift."
"He's short common sense."
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Short as a preposition (finance):
Having a negative position in.
Examples:
"I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend."
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