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Avid vs Extensive - What's the difference?

avid | extensive |

As adjectives the difference between avid and extensive

is that avid is enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy while extensive is in the nature of an extent, wide, widespread.

avid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy
    • I'm an avid reader.
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    • We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.

    Derived terms

    * avidly * avidity

    Anagrams

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    extensive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In the nature of an extent, wide, widespread.

    • Related terms

    * extend * extent

    See also

    * intensive ----