Difference between Distant and Long-distance

What is the difference between Distant and Long-distance?

Distant as an adjective is far off while Long-distance as an adjective is over a great length (e.g. a long-distance runner).

Distant

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: far off

Example sentence: I like words. Words are places, rooms, distant airs, thin and tropical. They make us feel and imagine we are more than our bodies.

Long-distance

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Over a great length (e.g. a long-distance runner).Referring to a non-local telephone call, a toll call

We hope you now know whether to use Distant or Long-distance in your sentence.

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