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# distanceBetweenString:andString:distanceType:

Calculates the distance between two strings in the vocabulary space.

```
- (NLDistance) distanceBetweenString:(NSString *) firstString andString:(NSString *) secondString distanceType:(NLDistanceType) distanceType;
```

## Parameters

`firstString`

A string in the embedding vocabulary.

`secondString`

Another string in the embedding vocabulary.

`distanceType`

A means of calculating distance that determines which formula the method uses to evaluate the distance between `firstString` and `secondString`.

## Return Value

The distance associated with `distanceType`.

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