Expansion vs Widening - What's the difference?
expansion | widening | Related terms |
The act or process of expanding.
The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
A new addition.
A product to be used with a previous product.
That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.
* Beattie
(steam engines) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.
Of things that are growing wider.
Of things that are separate, with increasing separation.
The falcon cannot hear the falconer; The action of the verb widen.
* 1887 — , Olalla
As nouns the difference between expansion and widening
is that expansion is the act or process of expanding while widening is the action of the verb widen.As an adjective widening is
of things that are growing wider.As a verb widening is
present participle of lang=en.expansion
English
Noun
- The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.
- My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.
- This expansion requires the original game board.
- the starred expansion of the skies
Antonyms
* (act of expanding) contractionDerived terms
* expansionism * expansion joint * expansion team * expansion cleat * expansion packwidening
English
Adjective
(-)- The widening gap between rich and poor creates social problems.
Quotations
* 1920 — *: Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Noun
(en noun)- She looked up sleepily and asked me what it was, and with the very words I thought she drew in her breath with a widening of the nostrils and seemed to come suddenly and fully alive.