Difference between All-encompassing and Wide

What is the difference between All-encompassing and Wide?

All-encompassing as an adjective is including everything; universal while Wide as an adjective is having a large physical extent from side to side.

All-encompassing

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: including everything; universal

Wide

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a large physical extent from side to side.Large in scope.Operating at the side of the playing area.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: extensivelycompletelyaway from a given goal

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score

Example sentence: The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.

We hope you now know whether to use All-encompassing or Wide in your sentence.

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