Span vs. Div — What's the Difference?

The extent or measure of space between two points or extremities, as of a bridge or roof; the breadth.

A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.

The distance between the tips of the wings of an airplane.

(web design) A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.

The section between two abutments or piers of a bridge.

A division; a lesson.

Something, such as a railroad trestle or bridge, that extends from one point to another.

Division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.

The distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended, formerly used as a unit of measure equal to about 9 inches (23 centimeters).

(military) A division.

A period of time

(vector calculus) Divergence; a kind of differential operator.

(Nautical) A stretch of rope made fast at either end.

Divinity, as a school subject.

A pair of animals, such as oxen, matched as in size or color and driven as a team.

A foolish person; an idiot.

To extend across in space or time

To encircle or cover with the hand or hands.

To measure in spans.

A past tense of spin.

The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.

Any of various traditional units of length approximating this distance, especially the English handspan of 9 inches forming ⅛ fathom and equivalent to 22.86 cm.

(by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.

A portion of something by length; a subsequence.

The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.

The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.

(nautical) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.

A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.

(mathematics) The space of all linear combinations of something.

(computing) The time required to execute a parallel algorithm on an infinite number of processors, i.e. the shortest distance across a directed acyclic graph representing the computation steps.

Wingspan of a plane or bird

(transitive) To extend through the distance between or across.

(transitive) To extend through (a time period).

(transitive) To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.

(mathematics) To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.

To be matched, as horses.

(transitive) To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.

The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.

Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.

The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports.

A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.

A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.

To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder.

To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch.

To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.

To be matched, as horses.

The complete duration of something;

The distance or interval between two points

Two items of the same kind

A unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)

A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

The act of sitting or standing astride

To cover or extend over an area or time period;