This document discusses the difference between the words "wide" and "broad". Wide is used to describe physical distance or size, and can be used in comparisons and superlatives. It is also sometimes used as an adverb. Broad is more often used to describe parts of the body and abstract concepts. Both wide and broad can be used to describe things that encompass a large variety or scope, such as a shop keeping a wide/broad range of products. The key difference is that wide refers more to physical size while broad is more abstract.

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Difference between “Wide and Broad”Difference between “Wide and Broad”
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WideWide is used for the physical distance from one side of somethingis used for the physical distance from one side of something
to the other, to give meaning ‘very big’, in comparatives andto the other, to give meaning ‘very big’, in comparatives and
superlatives and can be used as an adverb.superlatives and can be used as an adverb.
We live in a veryWe live in a very widewide street.street.
The car’s tooThe car’s too widewide for the garage.for the garage.
The road is justThe road is just widewide enough for two vehicles to pass.enough for two vehicles to pass.
There areThere are widewide variations in prices.variations in prices.
We are taking about education in itsWe are taking about education in its widestwidest sense.sense.
IPL championship is stillIPL championship is still widewide open.open.

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Broad is more often used to talk about parts of body and is mostlyBroad is more often used to talk about parts of body and is mostly
used in abstract expressions.used in abstract expressions.
He is tall,He is tall, broadbroad and muscular.and muscular.
She took aShe took a broadbroad view of the duties of being a teacher.view of the duties of being a teacher.
The negotiators were inThe negotiators were in broadbroad agreement on the main issues.agreement on the main issues.
She’s a feminist, in theShe’s a feminist, in the broadestbroadest sense of the word.sense of the word.
BothBoth widewide andand broadbroad can be used to describe something thatcan be used to describe something that
includes a large variety of different people or things.includes a large variety of different people or things.
This shop keeps aThis shop keeps a broad/widebroad/wide range of products.range of products.
She believed her duties included aShe believed her duties included a broad/widebroad/wide range of things.range of things.

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