Range vs. Extent — What's the Difference?

The area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale

The area covered by something

A set of different things of the same general type

The particular degree to which something is or is believed to be the case

The distance within which a person can see or hear

The range, magnitude, or distance over which a thing extends

A line or series of mountains or hills

The degree to which a thing extends

A large area of open land for grazing or hunting

An extensive space or area

A large cooking stove with burners or hotplates and one or more ovens, all of which are kept continually hot

In Great Britain, a writ allowing a creditor to seize a debtor's property temporarily.

A row of buildings

The seizure in execution of such a writ.

The direction or position in which something lies

(Archaic) An assessment or valuation, as of land in Britain, especially for taxation.

Vary or extend between specified limits

A range of values or locations.

Place or arrange in a row or rows or in a specified manner

The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.

Place oneself or be placed in opposition to (a person or group)

(computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system.

(of a person or animal) travel or wander over a wide area

The valuation of property.

Obtain the range of a target by adjustment after firing past it or short of it, or by the use of radar or laser equipment

(legal) A writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor, for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown.

(of a person or their lifestyle) orderly; settled

A former tent; something (or someone) that was a tent but no longer is

A number or grouping of things in the same category or within specified limits

(obsolete) Extended.

An amount or extent of variation

Extended.

(Music) The gamut of tones that a voice or instrument is capable of producing. Also called compass.

Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity.

A class, rank, or order

Degree; measure; proportion.

Extent of perception, knowledge, experience, or ability

A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment.

The area or sphere in which an activity takes place

The point or degree to which something extends;

The maximum extent or distance limiting operation, action, or effectiveness, as of a sound, radio signal, instrument, firearm, or aircraft

The distance or area or volume over which something extends;

The maximum distance that can be covered by a vehicle with a specified payload before its fuel supply is exhausted.

The distance between a projectile weapon and its target.

A place equipped for practice in shooting at targets.

A testing area at which rockets and missiles are launched and tracked.

A place or business where golf shots can be practiced.

An extensive area of open land on which livestock wander and graze.

The geographic region in which a plant, animal, or other organism normally lives or grows.

The opportunity or freedom to wander or explore

(Mathematics) The set of all values a given function may take on.

(Statistics) The difference or interval between the smallest and largest values in a frequency distribution or a set of data.

A group or series of things extending in a line or row, especially a row or chain of mountains.

One of a series of double-faced bookcases in a library stack room.

A north-south strip of townships, each six miles square, numbered east and west from a specified meridian in a US public land survey.

A stove with spaces for cooking a number of things at the same time.

To vary within specified limits

To extend in a particular direction

To cover or have application to a number of things

To move through, along, or around in an area or region

To wander freely; roam

To look over something or around an area or place

To live or grow within a particular region

To arrange or dispose in a particular order, especially in rows or lines

To assign to a particular category; classify

To move through or along or around in (an area or region)

To look over or throughout (something)

To turn (livestock) onto an extensive area of open land for grazing.

To align (a gun, for example) with a target.

To determine the distance of (a target).

To be capable of reaching (a maximum distance).

(Nautical) To uncoil (an anchor cable) on deck so the anchor may descend easily.

A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.

A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.

Selection, array.

An area for practicing shooting at targets.

An area for military training or equipment testing.

The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.

The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).

The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.

An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.

The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.

(mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.

(statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.

The defensive area that a player can cover.

(music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.

(ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.

(programming) A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.

An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.

(obsolete) The step of a ladder; a rung.

A bolting sieve to sift meal.

A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.

In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.

The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.

(intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.

(transitive) To rove over or through.

To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to, over.

(transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.

(intransitive) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.

(transitive) To classify.

(intransitive) To form a line or a row.

(intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.

(transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.

(transitive) To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.

(biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.

To determine the range to a target.

To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.

(baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; - usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.

To separate into parts; to sift.

To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.

To rove over or through; as, to range the fields.

To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast.

To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.

To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.

To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected, especially as to horizontal distance; as, the temperature ranged through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun ranges three miles; the shot ranged four miles.

To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.

To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; - often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along the coast.

To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.

A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains.

An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.

The step of a ladder; a rung.

A kitchen grate.

An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.

A bolting sieve to sift meal.

A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.

That which may be ranged over; place or room for excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle or sheep may wander and pasture.

Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as, the range of one's voice, or authority.

The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives.

The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.

In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart.

See Range of cable, below.

An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

The limits within which something can be effective;

A large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze;

A series of hills or mountains;

A place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds;

The limits of the values a function can take;

A variety of different things or activities;

The limit of capability;

A kitchen appliance used for cooking food;

Change or be different within limits;

Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;

Have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun;

Range or extend over; occupy a certain area;

Lay out in a line

Feed as in a meadow or pasture;

Let eat;

Assign a rank or rating to;