away vs far

away

adv
  • At a stated distance in time or space. 

  • From a state or condition of being; out of existence. 

  • From a place, hence. 

  • On; in continuance; without intermission or delay. 

  • Without restraint. 

  • In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place. 

  • Aside, so as to discard something. 

  • Aside; off; in another direction. 

  • In or to something's usual or proper storage place. 

  • So as to remove or use up something. 

  • Come away; go away; take away. 

adj
  • At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively. 

  • Being the player whose ball lies farthest from the hole (or, in disc golf, whose disc lies farthest from the target). 

  • Not on one's home territory. 

  • Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation. 

  • Out. 

verb
  • To depart; to go to another place. 

intj
  • come on!; go on! 

far

adv
  • To, from or over a great distance in space, time or other extent. 

  • Very much; by a great amount. 

adj
  • More remote of two. 

  • Long. 

  • Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position. 

  • Remote in time. 

  • Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture. 

  • Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality. 

  • Distant; remote in space. 

verb
  • To send far away. 

noun
  • A litter of piglets; a farrow. 

  • Spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta), especially in the context of Roman use of it. 

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