different between roomy vs comprehensive

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from late Middle French compréhensif, from Late Latin comprehensivus, from Latin comprehendo.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?m.p???h?n.s?v/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??m.p???h?n.s?v/
• Hyphenation: com?pre?hen?sive

Adjective

comprehensive (comparative more comprehensive, superlative most comprehensive)

1. Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.

Synonyms

• (broadly or completely covering): exhaustive, thorough, all-encompassing

Derived terms

• comprehensively
• comprehensivization
• comprehensivize

Related terms

• comprehend
• comprehensible
• comprehension

Translations

Noun

comprehensive (plural comprehensives)

1. (Britain) A comprehensive school.

Latin

Adjective

compreh?ns?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of compreh?ns?vus