Wide vs. Large — What's the Difference?

Having a significant extent from side to side.

Of greater size than the average or usual.

Fully open or extended.

Expressing or involving significance.

Including many or much.

At liberty or free from confinement.

Of great or more than average width

Of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity

Including a great variety of people or things

Of wide range or scope

At a considerable or specified distance from an intended point or target

Enjoy oneself in a lively way with drink or drugs and music

To the full extent

Another term for free (sense 2 of the adverb)

Far from a particular or intended point or target

Of greater than average size, extent, quantity, or amount; big.

A ball that is judged to be too wide of the stumps for the batsman to play, for which an extra is awarded to the batting side.

Of greater than average scope, breadth, or capacity; comprehensive.

Having a specified extent from side to side

Important; significant

Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad

Understanding and tolerant; liberal

Having great extent or range; including much or many

Of great magnitude or intensity; grand

Fully open or extended

Pretentious; boastful. Used of speech or manners.

To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal

(Obsolete) Gross; coarse. Used of speech or language.

(Baseball) Outside.

(Nautical) Favorable. Used of a wind.

(Sports) Being toward or near one of the side boundaries of a playing area, such as a sideline on a football field.

(Slang) A thousand dollars

Deviating or straying from something expected or specified

Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

(Linguistics) Lax.

That is large the manufactured size.

Over a great distance; extensively

(obsolete) Abundant; ample.

To the full extent; completely.

(archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.

To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal.

(obsolete) Free; unencumbered.

(Sports) Toward or near one of the sides of a playing area

(obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.

A ball bowled outside of the batsman's reach, counting as a run for the batting team in cricket.

(nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

Having a large physical extent from side to side.

An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.

Large in scope.

(obsolete) Liberality, generosity.

(sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.

A thousand dollars/pounds.

On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.

An item labelled or denoted as being that size.

Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.

One who fits an item of that size.

Vast, great in extent, extensive.

(nautical) Before the wind.

(obsolete) Located some distance away; distant, far.

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; - opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.

(obsolete) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.

Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.

(computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.

Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.

Antagonistic, provocative.

Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; - said of the mind and heart.

Extensively

Free; unembarrassed.

Completely

Unrestrained by decorum; - said of language.

Away from or to one side of a given goal

Prodigal in expending; lavish.

So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.

Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; - said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

(cricket) A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score

Freely; licentiously.

Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.

A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.

Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference.

A garment size for a large person

Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide views; a wide understanding.

Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent;

Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet wide.

Fairly large or important in effect; influential;

Remote; distant; far.

Large enough to be visible to the naked eye

Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.

Ostentatiously lofty in style;

On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.

Generous and understanding and tolerant;

Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; - opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of ē (ēve) is ĭ (ĭll); of ā (āte) is ĕ (ĕnd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, 13-15.

Conspicuous in position or importance;

Having or showing a wide difference between the highest and lowest price, amount of supply, etc.; as, a wide opening; wide prices, where the prices bid and asked differ by several points.

Having broad power and range and scope;

To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide.

In an advanced stage of pregnancy;

So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.

At a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)

So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray.

With the wind abaft the beam;

That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.

In a boastful manner;

That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.

Encompassing a great number or quantity.

Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other;

Magnanimous or generous in behavior or disposition.

Broad in scope or content;

(used of eyes) fully open or extended;

Very large in expanse or scope;

Great in degree;

Great in range or scope;

Having ample fabric;

Not on target;

With or by a broad space;

To the fullest extent possible;

Far from the intended target;

To or over a great extent or range; far;

Covering a large number or wide scope.

Far from a target point or mark.

Yes, "Wide" can be used figuratively to indicate a broad scope, like a "wide range of options."

No, "Large" can also indicate significance or degree, such as having a "large impact."

Yes, "Wide" typically refers to the extent of something from one side to the other.

No, "Large" is a general term that can relate to any dimension or overall size.

"Wide" would be more appropriate to describe the breadth of a table.

Yes, in contexts like sports, "Wide" can mean missing a target by a noticeable margin.

Yes, "Large" can describe the overall size or extent of an area, like "large tract of land."

Not always. While they both can indicate size, "Wide" often specifies breadth, while "Large" is more general.

Not necessarily. A "Wide river" emphasizes breadth, while a "Large river" could refer to length, volume, or overall size.

"Large" refers to overall size, while "Tall" specifically indicates height.

It would be described as "Large" in terms of its capacity.

Yes, for instance, in sports, a shot can be described as going "wide" if it misses the intended target by a significant distance.

Both can be used, but "Wide" would emphasize the breadth of the sky, while "Large" its overall vastness.

Yes, for instance, "eyes opened wide" indicates full openness.

In phrases like "large role" or "large influence," "Large" indicates significance or importance.