The difference between Breadth and Scope
When used as nouns, breadth means the extent or measure of how broad or wide something is, whereas scope means the breadth, depth or reach of a subject.
Scope is also verb with the meaning: to perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out.
check bellow for the other definitions of Breadth and Scope
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Breadth as a noun:
The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
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Breadth as a noun:
A piece of fabric of standard width.
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Breadth as a noun:
Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
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Breadth as a noun (arts):
A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
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Breadth as a noun (graph theory):
The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.
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Scope as a noun:
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
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Scope as a noun (weapons):
A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
Examples:
"synonyms: telescopic sight"
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Scope as a noun (computing):
The region of program source in which an identifier is meaningful.
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Scope as a noun (logic):
The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
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Scope as a noun (linguistics):
The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
Examples:
"the scope of an adverb"
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Scope as a noun (slang):
A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
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Scope as a noun (medicine, colloquial):
Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix , such as , , , etc.
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Scope as a verb:
To perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out.
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Scope as a verb (medicine, colloquial):
To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix , such as , , , etc.
Examples:
"The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament."
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Scope as a verb (slang):
To examine under a microscope.
Examples:
"The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it."
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Scope as a noun (obsolete):
A bundle, as of twigs.