Vide vs. Wide — What's the Difference?

Appears in scholarly footnotes or annotations.

Of great breadth or extent.

Latin term meaning "see" or "refer to."

Encompassing a large number or variety.

Used to direct readers to another part of the text.

Fully open or extended.

Often found in academic and legal texts.

Far from a point of reference.

Suggests consulting another source for information.

Including a large number of things.

Divide separate into parts, cleave asunder

Of great or more than average width

Divide ordering the members of a legislative assembly to divide into two groups (the ayes and the nays) for the counting of the members’ votes

Including a great variety of people or things

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

To the full extent

Far from a particular or intended point or target

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.

Having a specified extent from side to side

Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad

Having great extent or range; including much or many

Fully open or extended

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

(Baseball) Outside.

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

Deviating or straying from something expected or specified

(Linguistics) Lax.

Over a great distance; extensively

To the full extent; completely.

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

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

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

Having a large physical extent from side to side.

Large in scope.

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

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

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

Vast, great in extent, extensive.

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

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

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

Antagonistic, provocative.

Extensively

Completely

Away from or to one side of a given goal

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

(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

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.

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

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

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

Remote; distant; far.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Broad in scope or content;

(used of eyes) fully open or extended;

Very large in expanse or scope;

Great in degree;

Great in range or scope;

Having ample fabric;

Not on target;

With or by a broad space;

To the fullest extent possible;

Far from the intended target;

To or over a great extent or range; far;

Vide is commonly found in academic or formal writings and annotations.

Vide is a Latin term meaning "see" or "refer to."

No, vide is typically used in scholarly or formal contexts.

Not all, but it is common in texts with extensive references.

Yes, wide can also refer to a large variety or range.

Vide directs a reader to refer to another part of the text or source.

Yes, in sports, wide can describe a ball that is far from its target.

Yes, wide can describe expressions, like "eyes wide with surprise."

Wide is used to describe something with great breadth or extent.

Yes, vide is an imperative command in Latin.

"Wide open" means fully open or extensive in scope.

Vide is used to guide readers to additional information or sources.

Wide often describes the physical dimension of space or objects.

A "wide range" implies a large number or variety of items or ideas.

Vide is not common in everyday English but is used in specific academic or formal contexts.