The difference between Extensive and Widespread

When used as adjectives, extensive means having a great extent, whereas widespread means affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body).


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  1. Extensive as an adjective:

    having a great extent; covering a large area; vast

  2. Extensive as an adjective:

    (figurative) considerable in amount.

    Examples:

    "I have done extensive research on the subject."

  3. Extensive as an adjective:

    Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension

  4. Extensive as an adjective (physics):

    Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.

  1. Widespread as an adjective:

    Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.