Retraction vs. Protraction — What's the Difference?

The act of retracting or the state of being retracted.

The act of protracting.

The act of recanting or disavowing a previously held statement or belief.

The state of being protracted.

A formal statement of disavowal.

(Linguistics) The irregular lengthening of a normally short syllable.

The power of drawing back or of being drawn back.

(uncountable) The condition of being protracted

An act or instance of retracting.

(countable) The act of protracting

A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.

(linguistics) The lengthening of a short syllable

(mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

(anatomy) An anterior movement on the horizontal plane; The forward movement of the tongue or of a limb

The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.

The act of making a plot on paper.

The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation.

A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate.

The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew.

The act or process of making a plot on paper.

A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

The consequence of being lengthened in duration

The act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back;

The act of prolonging something;