different between extensive vs commodious

English

Etymology

From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extens?vus, from Latin extensus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ks?t?n.s?v/

Adjective

extensive (comparative more extensive, superlative most extensive)

1. having a great extent; covering a large area; vast
2. (figuratively) considerable in amount.

   I have done extensive research on the subject.

3. Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension
4. (physics) Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.

Derived terms

• extensive property

Related terms

• extend
• extense
• extent

Translations

See also

• intensive

French

Adjective

extensive

1. feminine singular of extensif

Latin

Adjective

ext?ns?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of ext?ns?vus

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman commodious, and its source, Renaissance Latin commodiosus, irregularly from Latin commodus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??m??d??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k??mo?di.?s/
• Rhymes: -??di?s

Adjective

commodious (comparative more commodious, superlative most commodious)

1. (obsolete) Advantageous; profitable. [15th–20th c.]
   • 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 9:

     A little after Zeluco came of age, the aunt fixed her eyes on him as a commodious match for her niece.

2. Comfortable, free from hardship. [from 16th c.]
3. Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable. [from 16th c.]

   Synonyms: convenient, comfortable, spacious
4. Convenient, useful; serviceable. [from 16th c.]

   Synonyms: advantageous, fit, proper, serviceable, suitable, useful

Derived terms

• commodiously

Translations

References

• commodious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.