Expand vs Overexpand - What's the difference?
expand | overexpand |
(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.
*{{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane)
, title=, chapter=1
, passage=There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”}}
(label) To feel generous or optimistic.
To expand to an excessive or unwise degree
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 10, author=David M. Herszenhorn, title=Capitol Feud: A 12-Year-Old Is the Fodder, work=New York Times
, passage=Republicans on Capitol Hill, who were gearing up to use Graeme as evidence that Democrats have overexpanded the health program to include families wealthy enough to afford private insurance, have backed off. }}
As verbs the difference between expand and overexpand
is that expand is (label) to change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one while overexpand is to expand to an excessive or unwise degree.expand
English
Verb
(en verb)- Then with expanded wings he steers his flight.
Synonyms
* open out, spread, spread out, unfold * enlarge * (to express at length or in detail) elaborate (on), expand onAntonyms
* contract * contract * factorDerived terms
* expandable * expanderoverexpand
English
Verb
(en verb)citation