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Usual vs Widespread - What's the difference?

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Widespread is a synonym of usual.



As adjectives the difference between usual and widespread

is that usual is most commonly occurring while widespread is affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.

usual

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • most commonly occurring
    • The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China.
    It is becoming more usual these days to rear children as bilingual.

    Synonyms

    * common, wonted, normal, standard, regular, ordinary, plain, simple

    Antonyms

    * unusual

    Derived terms

    * usualness * usually * unusual * as usual

    Related terms

    * usuality

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    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.
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    Synonyms

    * extensive, pervasive, prevalent, ubiquitous, universal

    Antonyms

    * limited