Difference between Spread and Open

What is the difference between Spread and Open?

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 Open as a verb is to make something accessible or removing an obstacle to something being accessible.

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: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Open

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sports event in which anybody can contest; as, the Australian Open.a wire that is broken midway.(with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.(with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Which is not closed; accessible; unimpeded; as, an open gate.Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.Receptive.Public; as, an open letter, an open declaration.Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character:Having a free variable.Is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.In current use; mapped to part of memory.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make something accessible or removing an obstacle to something being accessible.To bring up (a topic).To make accessible to customers or clients.To start (a campaign).To become open.To begin conducting business.To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.To reveal one's hand.To load into memory for viewing or editing.

Example sentence: We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.

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

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