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).
check bellow for the other definitions of Extensive and Widespread
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Extensive as an adjective:
having a great extent; covering a large area; vast
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Extensive as an adjective:
(figurative) considerable in amount.
Examples:
"I have done extensive research on the subject."
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Extensive as an adjective:
Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension
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Extensive as an adjective (physics):
Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
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Widespread as an adjective:
Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.