Extensively vs Widely - What's the difference?
extensively | widely |
In an extensive manner, widely.
To a great extent.
commonly; generally; to a great degree
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 19
, author=Kerry Brown
, title=Kim Jong-il obituary
, work=The Guardian
* 1948 , , North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75,
separated by a large distance
As adverbs the difference between extensively and widely
is that extensively is in an extensive manner, widely while widely is commonly; generally; to a great degree.extensively
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Adverb
(en adverb)- He has read and traveled extensively .
- He became more extensively involved than he intended.
widely
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Adverb
(er)citation, page= , passage=Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea.}}
- In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.