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Purview vs Extent - What's the difference?

purview | extent |

As nouns the difference between purview and extent

is that purview is the enacting part of a statute while extent is a range of values or locations.

As an adjective extent is

extended.

purview

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) The enacting part of a statute.
  • (legal) The scope of a statute.
  • Scope or range of interest or control.
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  • Range of understanding.

    • Related terms

    * purvey

    extent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A range of values or locations.
  • The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.
    • The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.
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  • (computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system.

    • See also

    * scope * ("extent" on Wikipedia)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Extended.
    • (Spenser)
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