Large vs. Long — What's the Difference?

Of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity

Extending or traveling a relatively great distance.

Of wide range or scope

Having relatively great height; tall.

Enjoy oneself in a lively way with drink or drugs and music

Having the greater length of two or the greatest length of several

Another term for free (sense 2 of the adverb)

Of relatively great duration

Of greater than average size, extent, quantity, or amount; big.

Of a specified linear extent or duration

Of greater than average scope, breadth, or capacity; comprehensive.

Made up of many members or items

Important; significant

Extending beyond an average or standard

Understanding and tolerant; liberal

Extending or landing beyond a given boundary, limit, or goal

Of great magnitude or intensity; grand

Tediously protracted; lengthy

Pretentious; boastful. Used of speech or manners.

Concerned with distant issues; far-reaching

(Obsolete) Gross; coarse. Used of speech or language.

Involving substantial chance; risky

(Nautical) Favorable. Used of a wind.

Having an abundance or excess of

(Slang) A thousand dollars

Having a holding of a commodity or security in expectation of a rise in price

Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

(Linguistics) Having a comparatively great duration. Used of a vowel or consonant.

That is large the manufactured size.

(Grammar) Relating to or being the English speech sounds (ā, ē, ī, ō, ) that are tense vowels or diphthongs.

(obsolete) Abundant; ample.

Being of relatively great duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.

(archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.

During or for an extended period of time

(obsolete) Free; unencumbered.

At or to a considerable distance; far

(obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.

Beyond a given boundary, limit, or goal

(nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

For or throughout a specified period

An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.

At a point of time distant from that referred to

(obsolete) Liberality, generosity.

Into or in a long position, as of a commodity market.

A thousand dollars/pounds.

A long time

An item labelled or denoted as being that size.

(Linguistics) A long syllable, vowel, or consonant.

One who fits an item of that size.

One who acquires holdings in a security or commodity in expectation of a rise in price.

(nautical) Before the wind.

A garment size for a tall person.

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; - opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.

Longs Trousers extending to the feet or ankles.

Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.

To have an earnest, heartfelt desire, especially for something beyond reach.

Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.

Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below.

Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; - said of the mind and heart.

Having great duration.

Free; unembarrassed.

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

Unrestrained by decorum; - said of language.

Not short; tall.

Prodigal in expending; lavish.

(finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.

Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; - said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

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

Freely; licentiously.

Landing beyond the baseline, and therefore deemed to be out.

A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.

(gambling) Of betting odds, offering a very large return for a small wager.

A garment size for a large person

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

Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent;

(archaic) On account of, because of.

Fairly large or important in effect; influential;

(linguistics) A long vowel.

Large enough to be visible to the naked eye

(prosody) A long syllable.

Ostentatiously lofty in style;

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

Generous and understanding and tolerant;

(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.

Conspicuous in position or importance;

(finance) An entity with a long position in an asset.

Having broad power and range and scope;

(finance) A long-term investment.

In an advanced stage of pregnancy;

The long summer vacation at the English universities.

At a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)

Longitude

With the wind abaft the beam;

To take a long position in.

In a boastful manner;

(intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).

(archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.

(obsolete) To belong.

Over a great distance in space.

For a particular duration.

For a long duration.

Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; - opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book.

Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching.

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

Having a length of the specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.

Far-reaching; extensive.

Having a supply of stocks or goods; prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in prices; as, long of cotton. Hence, the phrases: to be, or go, long of the market, to be on the long side of the market, to hold products or securities for a rise in price, esp. when bought on a margin. Contrasted to short.

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

A long sound, syllable, or vowel.

The longest dimension; the greatest extent; - in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and substance of it.

To a great extent in space; as, a long drawn out line.

To a great extent in time; during a long time.

At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest.

Through the whole extent or duration.

Through an extent of time, more or less; - only in question; as, how long will you be gone?

By means of; by the fault of; because of.

To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; - followed by an infinitive, or by for or after.

To belong; - used with to, unto, or for.

A comparatively long time;

Desire strongly or persistently

Primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified;

Primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified;

Of relatively great height;

Holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices;

Of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot')

Used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration

Involving substantial risk;

(of memory) having greater than average range;

Planning prudently for the future;

Having or being more than normal or necessary:

For an extended time or at a distant time;

For an extended distance