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Retrenchment vs Expanse - What's the difference?

retrenchment | expanse |

As nouns the difference between retrenchment and expanse

is that retrenchment is a reduction or curtailment; often referring to a business or government agency cutting back operations or laying off workers while expanse is a wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.

retrenchment

English

(wikipedia retrenchment)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A reduction or curtailment; often referring to a business or government agency cutting back operations or laying off workers.
  • (military, dated) A defensive work constructed within a fortification to make it more defensible (by allowing defenders to retreat into and fight from it even after the enemy has taken the outer work).

    • expanse

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
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  • An amount of spread or stretch.

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