different between extensive vs roomy

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

room +? -y

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??u?mi/, /???mi/
• Rhymes: -u?mi, -?mi

Adjective

roomy (comparative roomier, superlative roomiest)

1. Spacious, expansive, comfortable.
   • 2013 Dec. 22, Jad Mouawad and Martha C. White, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 23 December 2013):

     Over the last two decades, the space between seats — hardly roomy before — has fallen about 10 percent, from 34 inches to somewhere between 30 and 32 inches. Today, some airlines are pushing it even further, leaving only a knee-crunching 28 inches.

Translations

Noun

roomy (plural roomies)

1. Alternative spelling of roomie

Anagrams

• moory