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Widespread vs Widened - What's the difference?

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Widespread is a related term of widened.


As an adjective widespread

is affecting a large area (eg the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.

As a verb widened is

(widen).

widespread

English

Adjective

  • Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
  • *
  • *: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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    • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic

    Synonyms

    * extensive, pervasive, prevalent, ubiquitous, universal

    Antonyms

    * limited

    widened

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (widen)

    • 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.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 29 , author=Tom Rostance , title=Stoke 2 - 1 Besiktas , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But he still saw his side produce a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process, the run-up area for Delap's long throws reduced.}}
  • 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