The difference between All-encompassing and Broad
When used as adjectives, all-encompassing means including everything, whereas broad means wide in extent or scope.
Broad is also noun with the meaning: a prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
check bellow for the other definitions of All-encompassing and Broad
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All-encompassing as an adjective:
including everything; universal
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Broad as an adjective:
Wide in extent or scope.
Examples:
"three feet broad"
"the broad expanse of ocean"
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Broad as an adjective:
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
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Broad as an adjective:
Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
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Broad as an adjective:
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
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Broad as an adjective:
Plain; evident.
Examples:
"a broad hint"
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Broad as an adjective (writing):
Unsubtle; obvious.
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Broad as an adjective:
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
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Broad as an adjective (dated):
Gross; coarse; indelicate.
Examples:
"a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour"
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Broad as an adjective (of an accent):
Strongly regional.
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Broad as an adjective (Gaelic languages):
Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
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Broad as a noun (dated):
A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
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Broad as a noun (US, colloquial, slang, sometimes, dated, pejorative):
A woman or girl.
Examples:
"Who was that broad I saw you with?"
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Broad as a noun (UK):
A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
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Broad as a noun:
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
Examples:
"rfquotek Knight"
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Broad as a noun (UK, historical):
A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.