Voluminous vs Capacious - What's the difference?
voluminous | capacious | Synonyms |
Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
Of great volume, or bulk; large.
Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.
Having a lot of space inside; roomy.
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Capacious is a synonym of voluminous.
As adjectives the difference between voluminous and capacious
is that voluminous is of or pertaining to volume or volumes while capacious is having a lot of space inside; roomy.voluminous
English
(Webster 1913)Adjective
(en adjective)capacious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The Malabar, that huge sea monster, in whose capacious belly so many human creatures lived and suffered, had dwindled to a walnut-shell, and yet beside her bulk how infinitely small had their own frail cockboat appeared as they shot out from under her towering stern!
citation, passage= “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.}}