augmentation vs stretching

augmentation

noun
  • The act or process of augmenting. 

  • A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation. 

  • A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton. 

  • The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue. 

  • A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values. 

  • An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors. 

stretching

noun
  • The act by which something is stretched. 

  • A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone. 

adj
  • Requiring a high level of effort or performance. 

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