Expensive vs Expansive - What's the difference?
expensive | expansive |
Having a high price or cost.
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Able to be expanded.
Comprehensive in scope or extent.
Talkative and sociable.
(mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity.
As adjectives the difference between expensive and expansive
is that expensive is having a high price or cost while expansive is able to be expanded.expensive
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Alternative forms
* expencive (archaic)Adjective
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Synonyms
* dear * costly * priceyAntonyms
* cheap * inexpensive * low-pricedDerived terms
* expensively * expensive drunkexpansive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- An expansive research work.