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Expand vs Sketch - What's the difference?

expand | sketch |

As a verb expand

is (label) to change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one.

As a noun sketch is

sketch (short musical, dramatic or literary work or idea).

expand

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (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)
  • Then with expanded wings he steers his flight.
  • (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.
  • Synonyms

    * open out, spread, spread out, unfold * enlarge * (to express at length or in detail) elaborate (on), expand on

    Antonyms

    * contract * contract * factor

    Derived terms

    * expandable * expander

    sketch

    English

    (wikipedia sketch)

    Alternative forms

    * scetch

    Verb

    (es)
  • To make a brief, basic drawing.
  • I usually sketch with a pen rather than a pencil.
  • To describe briefly and with very few details.
  • He sketched the accident, sticking to the facts as they had happened.

    Noun

    (es)
  • A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.
  • *
  • *:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author=
  • , title=, volume=100, issue=2, page=106, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Pixels or Perish , passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches , geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}
  • A rough design, plan, or draft, as a rough draft of a book.
  • A brief description of a person or account of an incident; a general presentation or outline.
  • A brief, light, or unfinished dramatic, musical, or literary work or idea; a short, often humorous or satirical scene or play, frequently as part of a revue or variety show, a skit; or, a brief musical composition or theme, especially for the piano; or, a brief, light, or informal literary composition, such as an essay or short story.
  • (lb) An amusing person.
  • Keeping sketch : to keep a lookout.
  • Descendants

    * German: (l)