Verbose vs Wide - What's the difference?
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Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary. Long winded, or windy.
(computing) Producing unusually detailed output for diagnostic purposes.
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Having a large physical extent from side to side.
Large in scope.
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, title= (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.
On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
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(phonetics, dated) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
Remote; distant; far.
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(obsolete) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
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(computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional representation.
extensively
completely
away from a given goal
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So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
(cricket) A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score
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Verbose is a related term of wide.
In computing|lang=en terms the difference between verbose and wide
is that verbose is (computing) producing unusually detailed output for diagnostic purposes while wide is (computing) of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional representation.As adjectives the difference between verbose and wide
is that verbose is abounding in words, containing more words than necessary long winded, or windy while wide is having a large physical extent from side to side.As an adverb wide is
extensively.As a noun wide is
(cricket) a ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score.verbose
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- You should use verbose logging sparingly. Turning on verbose logging for every process would result in log files so large they would become useless.
Synonyms
* wordy * long-winded * See alsoAntonyms
* concise * terseAnagrams
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English
Adjective
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- Surely he shoots wide on the bow hand.
- I was but two bows wide .
- the contrary being so wide from the truth of Scripture and the attributes of God
- our wide expositors
- It is far wide that the people have such judgments.
- How wide is all this long pretence!
- a wide''' character; a '''wide stream
Antonyms
* narrow (regarding empty area) * thin (regarding occupied area) * skinny (sometimes offensive, regarding body width)Adverb
(er)- He travelled far and wide .
- He was wide awake.
- The arrow fell wide of the mark.
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