Large vs Compendious - What's the difference?
large | compendious | Related terms |
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
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(obsolete) Abundant; ample.
* Milton
(archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
* Felton
(obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
* Fairfax
(obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
* Shakespeare
(nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
(music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
(obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
A thousand dollars.
containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
briefly describing a body of knowledge
Large is a related term of compendious.
As adjectives the difference between large and compendious
is that large is of considerable or relatively great size or extent while compendious is containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized.As a noun large
is (music|obsolete) an old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.large
English
Adjective
(er)- We have yet large day.
- I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.
- Of burdens all he set the Paynims large .
- Some large jests he will make.
Synonyms
(checksyns) * big, huge, giant, gigantic, enormous, stour, great, mickle, largeish * See alsoAntonyms
* small, tiny, minusculeDerived terms
* as large as life, larger than life * by and large * enlarge * give it large * have it large * large it, large up, large it up * largely * largeness * writ large * largishNoun
- Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large .