Broad vs. Slender — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Broad and Slender
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Definitions
Broad
Wide in extent from side to side
A broad river.
Broad shoulders.
Slender
(of a person or part of the body) gracefully thin
Her slender neck
Broad
Large in expanse; spacious
A broad lawn.
Slender
(of something abstract) barely sufficient in amount or basis
People of slender means
A slender majority of four
Broad
Having a certain width from side to side
A sidewalk three feet broad.
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Slender
Having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin
A slender rod.
Broad
Full; open
Broad daylight.
Slender
Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim
"She was slender as a willow shoot is slender—and equally graceful, equally erect" (Frank Norris).
Broad
Covering a wide scope; general
A broad rule.
Slender
Small in amount or extent; meager
Slender wages.
A slender chance of survival.
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Broad
Liberal; tolerant
Had broad views regarding social services.
Slender
Thin; slim.
A rod is a long slender pole used for angling.
Broad
Relating to or covering the main facts or the essential points
A plan presented in broad outline.
Slender
(figurative) meagre; deficient
Being a person of slender means, he was unable to afford any luxuries.
Broad
Plain and clear; obvious
Gave us a broad hint to leave.
Slender
(Gaelic languages) Palatalized.
Broad
Vulgar; ribald
A broad joke.
Slender
Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
She, as a veil down to the slender waist,Her unadorned golden tresses wore.
Broad
Strikingly regional or dialectal
A broad Southern accent.
Slender
Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.
Mighty hearts are held in slender chains.
They have inferred much from slender premises.
The slender utterance of the consonants.
Broad
(Linguistics) Pronounced with the tongue placed low and flat and with the oral cavity wide open, like the a in father.
Slender
Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.
A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos.
Broad
A wide flat part, as of one's hand.
Slender
Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.
Frequent begging makes slender alms.
Broad
Offensive Slang A woman or girl.
Slender
Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
The good Ostorius often deignedTo grace my slender table with his presence.
Broad
Fully; completely.
Slender
Uttered with a thin tone; - the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.
Broad
Wide in extent or scope.
Three feet broad
The broad expanse of ocean
Slender
Being of delicate or slender build;
She was slender as a willow shoot is slender
A slim girl with straight blonde hair
Watched her slight figure cross the street
Broad
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
Slender
Very narrow;
A thin line across the page
Broad
Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
Slender
Having little width in proportion to the length or height;
A slender pole
Broad
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
Slender
Small in quantity;
Slender wages
A slim chance of winning
A small surplus
Broad
Plain; evident.
A broad hint
Slender
Gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease
Broad
General rather than specific.
To be in broad agreement
Broad
(writing) Unsubtle; obvious.
Broad
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
Broad
(dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate.
A broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour
Broad
(of an accent) Strongly regional.
She still has a broad Scottish accent, despite moving to California 20 years ago.
Broad
(Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
Broad
(UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
Broad
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
Broad
A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
Broad
A kind of floodlight.
Broad
A playing card.
Broad
(dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
Broad
A woman or girl.
Broad
Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; - opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
Broad
Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
Broad
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
Broad
Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; - applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.
A broad mixture of falsehood.
Broad
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.
In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way.
Broad
Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
Broad
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
As broad and general as the casing air.
Broad
Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
Broad
Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
Broad
Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them.
Broad
The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
Broad
The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
Broad
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
Broad
A woman, especially one who is sexually promiscuous; - usually considered offensive.
Broad
Slang term for a woman;
A broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch
Broad
Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other;
Wide roads
A wide necktie
Wide margins
Three feet wide
A river two miles broad
Broad shoulders
A broad river
Broad
Broad in scope or content;
Across-the-board pay increases
An all-embracing definition
Blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
An invention with broad applications
A panoptic study of Soviet nationality
Granted him wide powers
Broad
Not detailed or specific;
A broad rule
The broad outlines of the plan
Felt an unspecific dread
Broad
Lacking subtlety; obvious;
Gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave
Broad
Being at a peak or culminating point;
Broad day
Full summer
High noon
Broad
Very large in expanse or scope;
A broad lawn
The wide plains
A spacious view
Spacious skies
Broad
(of speech) heavily and noticeably regional;
A broad southern accent
Broad
Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness;
A broad political stance
Generous and broad sympathies
A liberal newspaper
Tolerant of his opponent's opinions
