deskpro2k3 said:
Stretch =/= Expand https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expand Expand- to express in greater detail.
stretch is to lengthen by pulling while expand is to change something from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one. I hope this helps remedy your confusion. |
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english-thesaurus/stretch
They are not mutually exclusive. They are in fact synonyms as you can see in this thesaurus. I could have used the word expand. Expand might have been a better word choice. Regardless, I used stretch, to make longer, which is also an entirely appropriate word to use.
Unless they didn't actually make the segment longer (it sure felt a lot longer) then my word choice was fine. If there was any confusion about how I was using the word, I already rectified that by posting the definition that I was using.
