Distance
Distance noun - The space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects.
Usage example: the distance between the earth and the sun is about 93 million miles
Extent is a synonym for distance in interval topic. In some cases you can use "Extent" instead a noun "Distance", when it comes to topics like place, range, duration, space.
Extent
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good distance | good extent |
| full | full distance | full extent |
| exact | exact distance | exact extent |
| similar | similar distance | similar extent |
| Other adjectives: certain, considerable, reasonable, fair, sheer, small, entire, large, extreme, great, huge, incredible, absurd, possible, less, limited, further, significant, ridiculous, greater, maximum, bigger. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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While that was the extent of it in Penny and Aggie, the first strips of QUILTBAG reveal that the video is still haunting her enough that she's legally changed her surname to distance herself from it.
Source: Webcomic / Penny and Aggie -
Most characters' Stands could be controlled at a distance from their user, which meant that every character in the game was this to an extent.
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In reality Turing was indeed a talented long-distance runner, to the extent that he ran a tryout for the 1948 Olympic marathon team.
Source: Film / The Imitation Game
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