The difference between Blanket and Exhaustive

When used as adjectives, blanket means general, whereas exhaustive means including every possible element.


Blanket is also noun with the meaning: a heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

Blanket is also verb with the meaning: to cover with, or as if with, a blanket.

check bellow for the other definitions of Blanket and Exhaustive

  1. Blanket as a noun:

    A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

    Examples:

    "The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him."

  2. Blanket as a noun:

    A layer of anything.

    Examples:

    "The city woke under a thick blanket of fog."

  3. Blanket as a noun:

    A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.

    Examples:

    "A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate."

  4. Blanket as a noun:

    A streak or layer of blubber in whales.

  1. Blanket as an adjective:

    General; covering or encompassing everything.

    Examples:

    "They sought to create a blanket solution for all situations."

    "a blanket ban"

  1. Blanket as a verb (transitive):

    To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.

    Examples:

    "A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area."

  2. Blanket as a verb (transitive):

    To traverse or complete thoroughly.

    Examples:

    "The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood."

  3. Blanket as a verb:

    To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.

  4. Blanket as a verb:

    To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.

  1. Exhaustive as an adjective:

    Including every possible element.

    Examples:

    "We made an exhaustive list."

  2. Exhaustive as an adjective:

    Fully comprehensive.

  3. Exhaustive as an adjective:

    Causing exhaustion; very tiring.