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Widen vs Extent - What's the difference?

widen | extent |

As a proper noun widen

is sweden.

As a noun extent is

a range of values or locations.

As an adjective extent is

(obsolete) extended.

widen

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To become wide or wider.
  • His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.
  • To make wide or wider.
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  • To let out clothes to a larger size.
  • She widened his trousers for him.
  • To broaden or extend in scope or range.
  • The police widened their enquiries.

    Anagrams

    * * * English ergative verbs

    extent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A range of values or locations.
  • The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.
  • The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.
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  • (computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
  • See also

    * scope * ("extent" on Wikipedia)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Extended.
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