Thick vs. Broad — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Thick and Broad
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Thick
With opposite sides or surfaces that are far or relatively far apart
The walls are 5 feet thick
Thick slices of bread
Thick metal cables
Broad
Wide in extent from side to side
A broad river.
Broad shoulders.
Thick
Made up of a large number of things or people close together
The road winds through thick forest
His hair was long and thick
Broad
Large in expanse; spacious
A broad lawn.
Thick
(of a liquid or a semi-liquid substance) relatively firm in consistency; not flowing freely
Thick mud
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Broad
Having a certain width from side to side
A sidewalk three feet broad.
Thick
Of low intelligence; stupid
He's a bit thick
Broad
Full; open
Broad daylight.
Thick
(of a voice) not clear or distinct; hoarse or husky
Guy's voice was thick with desire
A snarling thick voice
Broad
Covering a wide scope; general
A broad rule.
Thick
Having a very close, friendly relationship
He's very thick with the new master
Broad
Liberal; tolerant
Had broad views regarding social services.
Thick
The most active or crowded part of something
We were in the thick of the battle
Broad
Relating to or covering the main facts or the essential points
A plan presented in broad outline.
Thick
In or with deep, dense, or heavy mass
Bread spread thick with butter
Broad
Plain and clear; obvious
Gave us a broad hint to leave.
Thick
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension; not thin
A thick board.
Broad
Vulgar; ribald
A broad joke.
Thick
Measuring a specified number of units in this dimension
Two inches thick.
Broad
Strikingly regional or dialectal
A broad Southern accent.
Thick
Heavy in form, build, or stature; thickset
A thick neck.
Broad
(Linguistics) Pronounced with the tongue placed low and flat and with the oral cavity wide open, like the a in father.
Thick
Having component parts in a close, crowded state or arrangement; dense
A thick forest.
Broad
A wide flat part, as of one's hand.
Thick
Having or suggesting a heavy or viscous consistency
Thick tomato sauce.
Broad
Offensive Slang A woman or girl.
Thick
Having a great number; abounding
A room thick with flies.
Broad
Fully; completely.
Thick
Impenetrable by the eyes
A thick fog.
Broad
Wide in extent or scope.
Three feet broad
The broad expanse of ocean
Thick
Hard to hear or understand, as from being husky or slurred
Thick speech.
Broad
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
Thick
Very noticeable; pronounced
Has a thick accent.
Broad
Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
Thick
(Informal) Lacking mental agility; stupid.
Broad
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
Thick
(Informal) Very friendly; intimate
Thick friends.
Broad
Plain; evident.
A broad hint
Thick
(Informal) Going beyond what is tolerable; excessive.
Broad
General rather than specific.
To be in broad agreement
Thick
In a thick manner; deeply or heavily
Seashells lay thick on the beach.
Broad
(writing) Unsubtle; obvious.
Thick
In a close, compact state or arrangement; densely
Dozens of braids hung thick from the back of her head.
Broad
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
Thick
So as to be thick; thickly
Slice the bread thick for the best French toast.
Broad
(dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate.
A broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour
Thick
The thickest part.
Broad
(of an accent) Strongly regional.
She still has a broad Scottish accent, despite moving to California 20 years ago.
Thick
The most active or intense part
In the thick of the fighting.
Broad
(Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
Thick
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
Broad
(UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
Thick
Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
I want some planks that are two inches thick.
Broad
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
Thick
Heavy in build; thickset.
He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.
Broad
A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
Thick
Densely crowded or packed.
We walked through thick undergrowth.
Broad
A kind of floodlight.
Thick
Having a viscous consistency.
My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.
Broad
A playing card.
Thick
Abounding in number.
The room was thick with reporters.
Broad
(dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
Thick
Impenetrable to sight.
We drove through thick fog.
Broad
A woman or girl.
Thick
(Of an accent) Prominent, strong.
Broad
Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; - opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
Thick
Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
He answered me in his characteristically thick Creole patois.
Broad
Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
Thick
Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent.
Broad
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
Thick
(informal) Stupid.
He was as thick as two short planks.
Broad
Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; - applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.
A broad mixture of falsehood.
Thick
(informal) Friendly or intimate.
They were as thick as thieves.
Broad
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.
In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way.
Thick
Deep, intense, or profound.
Thick darkness.
Broad
Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
Thick
(academic) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
Broad
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
As broad and general as the casing air.
Thick
Troublesome; unreasonable
Broad
Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
Thick
Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
Broad
Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
Thick
In a thick manner.
Snow lay thick on the ground.
Broad
Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them.
Thick
Frequently or numerously.
The arrows flew thick and fast around us.
Broad
The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
Thick
The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
It was mayhem in the thick of battle.
Broad
The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
Thick
A thicket.
Broad
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
Thick
(slang) A stupid person; a fool.
Broad
A woman, especially one who is sexually promiscuous; - usually considered offensive.
Thick
To thicken.
Broad
Slang term for a woman;
A broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch
Thick
Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; - said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick.
Were it as thick as is a branched oak.
My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
Broad
Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other;
Wide roads
A wide necktie
Wide margins
Three feet wide
A river two miles broad
Broad shoulders
A broad river
Thick
Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck.
Broad
Broad in scope or content;
Across-the-board pay increases
An all-embracing definition
Blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
An invention with broad applications
A panoptic study of Soviet nationality
Granted him wide powers
Thick
Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.
Make the gruel thick and slab.
Broad
Not detailed or specific;
A broad rule
The broad outlines of the plan
Felt an unspecific dread
Thick
Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.
Broad
Lacking subtlety; obvious;
Gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave
Thick
Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.
The people were gathered thick together.
Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood.
Broad
Being at a peak or culminating point;
Broad day
Full summer
High noon
Thick
Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.
Broad
Very large in expanse or scope;
A broad lawn
The wide plains
A spacious view
Spacious skies
Thick
Deep; profound; as, thick sleep.
Broad
(of speech) heavily and noticeably regional;
A broad southern accent
Thick
Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing.
His dimensions to any thick sight were invincible.
Broad
Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness;
A broad political stance
Generous and broad sympathies
A liberal newspaper
Tolerant of his opponent's opinions
Thick
Intimate; very friendly; familiar.
We have been thick ever since.
Thick
The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.
In the thick of the dust and smoke.
Thick
A thicket; as, gloomy thicks.
Through the thick they heard one rudely rush.
He through a little window cast his sightThrough thick of bars, that gave a scanty light.
Through thick and thin she followed him.
He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of a military frenzy.
Thick
Frequently; fast; quick.
Thick
Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
Thick
To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure.
Thick
To thicken.
The nightmare Life-in-death was she,Who thicks man's blood with cold.
Thick
The location of something surrounded by other things;
In the midst of the crowd
Thick
Not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions;
An inch thick
A thick board
A thick sandwich
Spread a thick layer of butter
Thick coating of dust
Thick warm blankets
Thick
Closely crowded together;
A compact shopping center
A dense population
Thick crowds
Thick
Relatively dense in consistency;
Thick cream
Thick soup
Thick smoke
Thick fog
Thick
Spoken as if with a thick tongue;
The thick speech of a drunkard
His words were slurred
Thick
Wide from side to side;
A heavy black mark
Thick
Hard to pass through because of dense growth;
Dense vegetation
Thick woods
Thick
(of darkness) very intense;
Thick night
Thick darkness
A face in deep shadow
Deep night
Thick
Abundant;
A thick head of hair
Thick
Heavy and compact in form or stature;
A wrestler of compact build
He was tall and heavyset
Stocky legs
A thick middle-aged man
A thickset young man
Thick
(used informally) associated on close terms;
A close friend
The bartender was chummy with the regular customers
The two were thick as thieves for months
Thick
Used informally
Thick
Abundantly covered or filled;
The top was thick with dust
Thick
With a thick consistency;
The blood was flowing thick
Thick
In quick succession;
Misfortunes come fast and thick
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