Difference between Wide and Blanket

What is the difference between Wide and Blanket?

Wide as an adjective is having a large physical extent from side to side. while Blanket as an adjective is in general; covering or encompassing everything.

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: extensively completely away 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: Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

Blanket

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: In general; covering or encompassing everything.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A cloth, usually large, used for warmth or sleeping.A layer of anything.A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cover.To traverse or complete thoroughly.

Example sentence: Long hair is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep it long because I love the way it feels, part cloak, part fan, part mane, part security blanket.

We hope you now know whether to use Wide or Blanket in your sentence.

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