Time

Synonyms for distance

Two senses of distance live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsTime

the interval between two times

The distance from birth to death.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

space

Same sentence, swapped: The space from birth to death.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for distance as it is used in the sentence above.

meantime
rhythm
base

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineQualities

size of the gap between two places

The distance from New York to Chicago.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

length

Same sentence, swapped: The length from New York to Chicago.

Close but different

perimeter
smallness
base

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Closest first: other time words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

momentnounbitan indefinitely short timeFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line remoteadjectiveoutsideunlikely to occurFoothills2 senses sentencenountimethe period of time a prisoner is imprisonedFoothillsHas a reason line spellnouncharma verbal formula believed to have magical forceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line flashnouninstanta very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)TreelineHas a reason line goneadjectivedepartedwell in the pastTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line incipientadjectiveinchoateonly partly in existenceSummit expressverbstateindicate through a symbol, formula, etc.Foothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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