length vs width

length

noun
  • The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman. 

  • The number of cards held in a particular suit. 

  • duration. 

  • A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines. 

  • The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object. 

  • The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race. 

  • Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something. 

  • Distance between the two ends of a line segment. 

  • Total extent. 

width

noun
  • The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him. 

  • The state of being wide. 

  • The measurement of the extent of something from side to side. 

  • A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric. 

  • The use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other. 

How often have the words length and width occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )