different between immense vs expansive

English

Etymology

From Middle French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Adjective

immense (comparative immenser, superlative immensest)

1. Huge, gigantic, very large.
2. (colloquial) Supremely good.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Related terms

• immensely
• immensity

Translations

Noun

immense (plural immenses)

1. (poetic) immense extent or expanse; immensity
   • 1882, James Thomson (B. V.), “Despotism Tempered by Dynamite”:

     The half of Asia is my prison-house,
     Myriads of convicts lost in its Immense—
     I look with terror to my crowning day.

Anagrams

• Eminems

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

immense

1. Inflected form of immens

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imm?nsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i(m).m??s/

Adjective

immense (plural immenses)

1. immense, huge

Related terms

• immensément
• immensifier
• immensité

Further reading

• “immense” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

immense f pl

1. feminine plural of immenso

Latin

Adjective

imm?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of imm?nsus

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?spæns?v/
• Rhymes: -?v

Adjective

expansive (comparative more expansive, superlative most expansive)

1. Comprehensive in scope or extent.

   an expansive research work

2. Talkative and sociable.
3. Able to be expanded. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity.

Translations

French

Adjective

expansive

1. feminine singular of expansif

Latin

Adjective

exp?ns?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of exp?ns?vus