Tight vs. Wide — What's the Difference?

Fixed or fastened firmly in place

Of great or more than average width

Stretched or drawn out fully

Including a great variety of people or things

Of such close construction as to be impermeable

At a considerable or specified distance from an intended point or target

Leaving little empty space through compression; compact

To the full extent

Affording little spare time; full

Far from a particular or intended point or target

Closely reasoned or concise

A ball that is judged to be too wide of the stumps for the batsman to play, for which an extra is awarded to the batting side.

Fitting close or too close to the skin; snug

Having a specified extent from side to side

(Slang) Personally close; intimate

Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad

Experiencing a feeling of constriction

Having great extent or range; including much or many

Reluctant to spend or give; stingy.

Fully open or extended

Obtainable with difficulty or only at a high price

To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal

Affected by scarcity

(Baseball) Outside.

Difficult to deal with or get out of

(Sports) Being toward or near one of the side boundaries of a playing area, such as a sideline on a football field.

Barely profitable

Deviating or straying from something expected or specified

Closely contested; close

(Linguistics) Lax.

Chiefly British Neat and trim in appearance or arrangement.

Over a great distance; extensively

Marked by full control over elements or subordinates; firm

To the full extent; completely.

(Slang) Intoxicated; drunk.

To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal.

(Baseball) Inside.

(Sports) Toward or near one of the sides of a playing area

Firmly; securely.

A ball bowled outside of the batsman's reach, counting as a run for the batting team in cricket.

Soundly

Having a large physical extent from side to side.

Snugly or with constriction

Large in scope.

Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.

(sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.

Unyielding or firm.

On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.

Under high tension; taut.

Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.

(colloquial) Scarce, hard to come by.

Vast, great in extent, extensive.

Intimately friendly.

(obsolete) Located some distance away; distant, far.

Miserly or frugal.

(obsolete) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.

(of a space, design or arrangement) Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.

(computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.

Fitting close, or too close, to the body.

Antagonistic, provocative.

Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.

Extensively

Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.

Completely

Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.

Away from or to one side of a given goal

(sport) Not conceding many goals.

So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.

(slang) Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.

(cricket) A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score

(slang) Extraordinarily great or special.

Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.

Mean; unfair; unkind.

Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference.

Limited or restricted.

Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide views; a wide understanding.

(obsolete) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet wide.

(obsolete) Handy; adroit; brisk.

Remote; distant; far.

(poker) Of a player, who plays very few hands. en

Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.

(poker) Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands. en

On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.

Intimate, close, close-knit.

Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; - opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of ē (ēve) is ĭ (ĭll); of ā (āte) is ĕ (ĕnd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, 13-15.

A car with understeer, primarily used to describe NASCAR stock cars.

Having or showing a wide difference between the highest and lowest price, amount of supply, etc.; as, a wide opening; wide prices, where the prices bid and asked differ by several points.

Angry or irritated.

To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide.

Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.

So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.

Soundly.

So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray.

(obsolete) To tighten.

That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.

Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.

That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.

Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; - often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.

Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other;

Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.

Broad in scope or content;

Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

(used of eyes) fully open or extended;

Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.

Very large in expanse or scope;

Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; - applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.

Great in degree;

Handy; adroit; brisk.

Great in range or scope;

Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.

Having ample fabric;

Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; - said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.

Not on target;

To tighten.

With or by a broad space;

Closely constrained or constricted or constricting;

To the fullest extent possible;

Pulled or drawn tight;

Far from the intended target;

Set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration;

To or over a great extent or range; far;

Pressed tightly together;

Used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity;

Affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow;

Of such close construction as to be impermeable;

Of textiles;

Securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid;

(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched;

Very drunk

Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent;

Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures;

Packed closely together;

Firmly or tightly;

In an attentive manner;