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Pervasive vs Widespread - What's the difference?

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Widespread is a synonym of pervasive.



As adjectives the difference between pervasive and widespread

is that pervasive is manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything while widespread is affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.

pervasive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.
    • The medication had a pervasive effect on the patient's health.

    Synonyms

    * (manifested throughout) penetrating, permeating, pervading

    Related terms

    * pervade

    widespread

    English

    Adjective

  • Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
  • *
  • *:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
    • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic

    Synonyms

    * extensive, pervasive, prevalent, ubiquitous, universal

    Antonyms

    * limited