Difference between Spread and Extended

What is the difference between Spread and Extended?

Spread as a verb is to stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space. while Extended as a verb is to increase in extent.

Spread

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space. To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated. To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present. To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended. To smear, to distribute in a thin layer. To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter. To open one's legs.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of spreading or something that has been spread. An expanse of land. A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread). A large meal, especially one laid out on a table. Any form of food designed to be spread onto a slice of bread etc. An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page. A numerical difference. The difference between the wholesale and retail prices. The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity. The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity. The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity. An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies. The difference between bidding and asking price. The difference between the prices of two similar items.

Example sentence: I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.

Extended

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To increase in extent.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: longer in length or extension; elongatedstretched out or pulled out; expandedlasting longer; protractedhaving a large scope or range; extensivewider than usual

Example sentence: Magna Carta only came into being in 1217, when the wording had been changed and parts of the original were extended in the Charter of the Forests. This complementary charter covered liberties granted to the common man, including rights to the commons, grazing, fishing, water, and firewood, and was perhaps the first ecological charter in history.

We hope you now know whether to use Spread or Extended in your sentence.

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