Question

Use a dictionary to answer the following questions.

What is the difference between farther and further?
Which part of the dictionary entry did you use to find the answer?

Answer 1

"Farther" refers to physical/literal distance, whereas "further" refers to figurative distance or an extent/degree of something.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hello, the above answer is the difference between both terms. You would find this difference in the alternate or inflected forms of the entry, as "farther" and "further" are a case of comparative adjectives and adverbs depending upon the usage.

This is the correct answer. Remember, alternate/inflected forms of the dictionary entry. This section of the dictionary entry lists things like comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs, plural forms of nouns, verb tenses and more.

Answer 2

Tip: Further is a comparative form of far. It is also a verb. adverb Usage: Far has two comparatives, farther and further, and two superlatives, farthest and furthest. Farther and farthest are used mainly in sense far 1 (sense: 1), and are dealt with here. Further and furthest are dealt with in separate entries.