Stretch and While

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Stretch

Stretch noun - An indefinite but usually short period of time.

Usage example: there was a cardinal at our bird feeder for a short stretch last spring

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While is a synonym for stretch in time topic. In some cases you can use "While" instead a noun "Stretch", when it comes to topics like duration, period of time.

Nearby Words: stretched, stretching, stretchy, stretcher

While

While noun - An indefinite but usually short period of time.

Usage example: we stayed at the fair for a while longer

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Stretch is a synonym for while in time topic. You can use "Stretch" instead a noun "While", if it concerns topics such as duration, time interval.

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How words are described

good	good stretch	good while
long	long stretch	long while
brief	brief stretch	brief while
short	short stretch	short while
Other adjectives: complete, fair, straight, single, small, real, big, great, serious, little, bad, main, opening, decent, few, next, latter, longest, longer.

Common collocations

point	stretch point	while point
time	stretch time	while time
bit	stretch bit	while bit

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