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Expansion vs Stretching - What's the difference?

expansion | stretching | Synonyms |

Expansion is a synonym of stretching.


As nouns the difference between expansion and stretching

is that expansion is expansion while stretching is the act by which something is stretched.

As a verb stretching is

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expansion

English

Noun

  • The act or process of expanding.
    • The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.
  • The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
  • A new addition.
    • My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.
  • A product to be used with a previous product.
    • This expansion requires the original game board.
  • That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.
  • * Beattie
    • the starred expansion of the skies
  • (steam engines) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.

    • Antonyms

    * (act of expanding) contraction

    Related terms

    * expand * expanse * expansive

    Derived terms

    * expansionism * expansion joint * expansion team * expansion cleat * expansion pack

    stretching

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia stretching) (en noun)
  • The act by which something is stretched.
  • * 1859 , Victor Regnault, Elements of Chemistry
    • [Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings , before they acquire the necessary pliancy.
  • A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.

    • Verb

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