Expanse vs. Tract
Expansenoun
A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
Expansenoun
An amount of spread or stretch.
Expansenoun
That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky.
Expanseverb
To expand.
Expansenoun
a wide scope;
Expansenoun
the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary;
Expansenoun
a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky
Tractnoun
An area or expanse.
Tractnoun
A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract.
Tractnoun
A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
Tractnoun
A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
Tractnoun
A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
Tractnoun
Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
Tractnoun
Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions.
Tractnoun
(obsolete) Continuity or extension of anything.
Tractnoun
(obsolete) Traits; features; lineaments.
Tractnoun
(obsolete) The footprint of a wild animal.
Tractnoun
(obsolete) Track; trace.
Tractnoun
(obsolete) Treatment; exposition.
Tractverb
(obsolete) To pursue, follow; to track.
Tractverb
(obsolete) To draw out; to protract.
Tractnoun
A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.
Tractnoun
Something drawn out or extended; expanse.
Tractnoun
A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.
Tractnoun
Traits; features; lineaments.
Tractnoun
The footprint of a wild beast.
Tractnoun
Track; trace.
Tractnoun
Treatment; exposition.
Tractnoun
Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.
Tractnoun
Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
Tractnoun
Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; - so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons.
Tractverb
To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.
Tractnoun
an extended area of land
Tractnoun
a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
Tractnoun
a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet
Tractnoun
a bundle of mylenated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
