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Broad vs. Wide
Broad
/brɔːd/Examples:
I'm not one of those blue-book fancy broads."The night grew broader and less oppressive.He has broad shoulders.
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Wide
/waɪd/Examples:
The corridor was wider here, the lamps brighter.Porthos opened his eyes to their widest extent.They are very wide apart.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Broad often implies a general or inclusive sense, while wide focuses on the physical extent.
- Think of broad as covering a variety of subjects or categories, whereas wide is about spatial dimensions.
- A broad smile refers to how inclusive it is, while a wide smile focuses on the physical stretch.
- Broad can describe scope or range, like broad interests, whereas wide usually describes measurable width, like a wide road.
- Wide is more frequently used to describe two-dimensional measurements, such as width.
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