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Various vs Comprehensive - What's the difference?

various | comprehensive |

As adjectives the difference between various and comprehensive

is that various is having a broad range (of different elements) while comprehensive is .

As a determiner various

is more than one (of an indeterminate set of things).

various

English

Determiner

(en determiner)
  • More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).
    • Various books have been taken.
    There are various ways to fix the problem.
    You have broken various of the rules.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a broad range (of different elements).
    • The reasons are various .

    Synonyms

    * sundry * motley * manifold * medley * miscellaneous * diverse

    Related terms

    {{rel3, variant , variation , variegate , variety , variously , vary}}

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    comprehensive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Broadly]] or completely covering; [[include, including a large proportion of something.

    • Synonyms

    * (broadly or completely covering) exhaustive, thorough, all-encompassing

    Derived terms

    * comprehensively * comprehensivization * comprehensivize

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A comprehensive school.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}} ----