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Defined vs Comprehensive - What's the difference?

defined | comprehensive |

As adjectives the difference between defined and comprehensive

is that defined is having a definition or value while comprehensive is broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.

As a verb defined

is past tense of define.

As a noun comprehensive is

a comprehensive school.

defined

English

(wikipedia defined)

Verb

(head)
  • (define)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a definition or value.
  • (bodybuilding) Having extreme muscle separation as a result of low body fat.

    • Antonyms

    * (having a definition or value) undefined

    Related terms

    * definition

    comprehensive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Broadly]] or completely covering; [[include, including a large proportion of something.

    • Synonyms

    * (broadly or completely covering) exhaustive, thorough, all-encompassing

    Derived terms

    * comprehensively * comprehensivization * comprehensivize

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A comprehensive school.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}} ----