Difference between Long-distance and Distant

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

Distant

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: far off

Example sentence: In a time not distant, it will be possible to flash any image formed in thought on a screen and render it visible at any place desired. The perfection of this means of reading thought will create a revolution for the better in all our social relations.