Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good distance | good span |
| high | high distance | high span |
| full | full distance | full span |
| long | long distance | long span |
| Other adjectives: exact, normal, specific, middle, short, certain, average, infinite, reasonable, sheer, small, entire, enormous, respectable, limited, significant, vast, greater, remaining, maximum, wide, longer, shorter, shortest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The shots span such a distance that they required the camera to be handed from operator to operator to navigate the terrain.
Source: Epic Tracking Shot - The span of distance along the shot axis in which objects will be in focus.
Source: Depth of Field - It would take 700 years to go the distance between the ear-lobes and shoulders of the angel who carries Allah's throne, and the Archangel Gabriel has 600 wings which span from the Eastern to the Western horizon.
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Span and Distance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/distance/span
Distance & Span. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/distance/span>.
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