Widespread vs Overall - What's the difference?
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Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
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*: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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, title= (British) A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
(in the plural, US) A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.
As adjectives the difference between widespread and overall
is that widespread is affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused while overall is all-encompassing, all around.As an adverb overall is
generally; with everything considered.As a noun overall is
a garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.widespread
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Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic