Add vs Expand - What's the difference?
add | expand |
To join or unite, as one thing to another, or as several particulars, so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally.
* (rfdate) (John Locke)
To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).
* 1611 , King James Version, Genesis 30:24:
* 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost):
To append, as a statement; to say further.
* 1855 , (Thomas Babington Macaulay), The History of England from the Accession of James the Second , volume 3, page 37 [http://books.google.com/books?id=w_M9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA37&dq=added]:
* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) Chapter 23
To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase.
* 1611 , King James Version, 1 Kings 12:14:
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
(video games) An additional enemy that joined the fight after the primary target.
(computer science) An act or instance of adding.
(label) To change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one.
(label) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
(label) To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same natural number yielding a fraction of equal value
(label) To (be) change(d) from a smaller form/size to a larger one.
(label) To (be) increase(d) in extent, number, volume or scope.
(label) To speak or write at length or in detail.
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(label) To feel generous or optimistic.
In transitive terms the difference between add and expand
is that add is to append, as a statement; to say further while expand is to express (something) at length and/or in detail.In intransitive terms the difference between add and expand
is that add is to make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase while expand is to feel generous or optimistic.As a noun add
is an additional enemy that joined the fight after the primary target.add
English
Verb
(en verb)- as easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years.
- The LORD shall add to me another son.
- Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.
- He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax
- "Bless your dear heart," she said, "I am sure I can tell you of a way to get back to Kansas." Then she added , "But, if I do, you must give me the Golden Cap."
- I will add to your yoke
A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial.
Synonyms
* annex * coalesce * join * unite * mention, noteAntonyms
* (quantity) subtract * (matter) removeUsage notes
* We add by bringing things together so as to form a whole. * We join by putting one thing to another in close or continuous connection. * We annex by attaching some adjunct to a larger body. * We unite by bringing things together so that their parts adhere or intermingle. * Things coalesce by coming together or mingling so as to form one organization. * To add' quantities; to '''join''' houses; to '''annex''' territory; to '''unite''' kingdoms; to make parties ' coalesceDerived terms
* * addition * additive * add-on * add upNoun
(en noun)- After engaging the boss for one minute, two adds will arrive from the back and must be dealt with.
expand
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Verb
(en verb)- Then with expanded wings he steers his flight.