Collapse vs. Expand — What's the Difference?

To fall down or inward suddenly; cave in.

To increase the size, volume, quantity, or scope of; enlarge

To break down suddenly in strength or health and thereby cease to function

To express at length or in detail; enlarge on

To fold compactly

To open (something) up or out; spread out

To cause to fold, break down, or fall down or inward.

(Mathematics) To write (a quantity) as a sum of terms in an extended form.

The act of falling down or inward, as from loss of supports.

To become greater in size, volume, quantity, or scope

An abrupt failure of function, strength, or health; a breakdown.

To speak or write at length or in detail

An abrupt loss of perceived value or of effect

To open up or out; unfold

(intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.

(transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.

(intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

(transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).

(intransitive) To fold compactly.

(transitive) To express (something) at length and/or in detail.

To hide additional directory (folder) levels below the selected directory (folder) levels. When a folder contains no additional folders, a minus sign (-) appears next to the folder.

To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.

(cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession

To become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.

(transitive) To cause something to collapse.

To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same natural number yielding a fraction of equal value

(intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.

(intransitive) To change or grow from smaller to larger in form, number, or size.

The act of collapsing.

(intransitive) To increase in extent, number, volume or scope.

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(intransitive) To speak or write at length or in detail.

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses.

(intransitive) To feel generous or optimistic.

To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance.

To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel.

To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; - opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.

A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.

To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5.

Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance.

To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy.

An abrupt failure of function or health

Extend in one or more directions;

A mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in

Become larger in size or volume or quantity;

The act of throwing yourself down;

Make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity;

A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

Grow stronger;

Break down, literally or metaphorically;

Exaggerate or make bigger;

Collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;

Fold or close up;

Expand the influence of;

Fall apart;

Cause to burst;

Suffer a nervous breakdown

Lose significance, effectiveness, or value;