Difference between Lank and Long

What is the difference between Lank and Long?

Lank as a verb is to become lank; to make lank. while Long as a verb is to take a long position in.

Lank

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To become lank; to make lank.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. (of hair) Straight and flat; thin and limp. (often associated with being greasy) languid; drooping.

Long

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A long vowel.A long integer variable, twice the size of an int and half of a long long. A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment.An entity with a long position in an asset.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To take a long position in.To await, to aspire, to desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point .Having great duration.possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities, or financial instruments with prices positively correlated with them.of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position)

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Over a great distance in space.For a particular duration.For a long duration.

Example sentence: Life is a long lesson in humility.

We hope you now know whether to use Lank or Long in your sentence.

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