Bigness vs Width - What's the difference?
bigness | width | Related terms |
The characteristic of being big.
(obsolete) size
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, author=Edgar Rice Burroughs
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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.
(cricket) The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.
(sports) The use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other.
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, year=2011
, date=September 18
, author=Ben Dirs
, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia
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Bigness is a related term of width.
As nouns the difference between bigness and width
is that bigness is the characteristic of being big while width is the state of being wide.bigness
English
Noun
(es)citation, genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage= Among the ornaments … was a small mirror, about the bigness of a lady's hand glass, … }}
width
English
Noun
(wikipedia width) (en noun)- Manchester United like to play with width .
citation, page= , passage=England looked to put width on the ball after the restart, Armitage very nearly going over in the corner only for the video referee to decide his foot was in touch. But Armitage did get on the score-sheet five minutes later, Ben Foden straightening and putting the London Irish man in. }}