Long vs. Protracted — What's the Difference?

Extending or traveling a relatively great distance.

To draw out or lengthen in time; prolong

Having relatively great height; tall.

(Mathematics) To draw to scale by means of a scale and protractor; plot.

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

(Anatomy) To extend or protrude (a body part).

Of relatively great duration

Simple past tense and past participle of protract

Of a specified linear extent or duration

Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.

Made up of many members or items

Prolonged; continued.

Extending beyond an average or standard

Relatively long in duration; tediously protracted;

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

Tediously protracted; lengthy

Concerned with distant issues; far-reaching

Involving substantial chance; risky

Having an abundance or excess of

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

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

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

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

During or for an extended period of time

At or to a considerable distance; far

Beyond a given boundary, limit, or goal

For or throughout a specified period

At a point of time distant from that referred to

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

A long time

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

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

A garment size for a tall person.

Longs Trousers extending to the feet or ankles.

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

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 great duration.

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

Not short; tall.

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

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

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

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

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

(archaic) On account of, because of.

(linguistics) A long vowel.

(prosody) A long syllable.

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

(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.

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

(finance) A long-term investment.

The long summer vacation at the English universities.

Longitude

To take a long position in.

(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