Wide vs. Width — What's the Difference?

Having great breadth or extent.

A piece of something at full extent from side to side.

Far from a given or implied limit; extensive.

The horizontal extent of an object.

Encompassing a large number or variety; broad.

The state of being wide; breadth.

Of great or more than average width

A designated measurement in certain objects.

Including a great variety of people or things

The measurement or extent of something from side to side; the lesser of two or the least of three dimensions of a body

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

Wide range or extent

To the full extent

The state, quality, or fact of being wide.

Far from a particular or intended point or target

Abbr. w The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.

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.

A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension or its crosswise grain, especially a piece of fabric measured from selvage to selvage.

Having a specified extent from side to side

The state of being wide.

Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad

The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.

Having great extent or range; including much or many

A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric.

Fully open or extended

(cricket) The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.

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

(sports) The use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other.

(Baseball) Outside.

The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.

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

The extent of something from side to side

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;

Fully open or extended.

Far from the intended point.

Wide describes something with a large distance from one side to the other.

You use width to specify the measurement of something's side-to-side extent.

Yes, wide can describe a range of ideas, such as "a wide array of choices."

Breadth can be used as a synonym for width.

Broad is a common synonym for wide.

The value of width doesn't change, but what is considered wide can vary by context.

No, wide is an adjective and width is a noun; they serve different grammatical functions.

Wide typically refers to the horizontal extent, but it can describe general expansiveness in any direction.

Width is measured in units of length, such as inches, centimeters, etc.

Yes, width refers to a physical dimension and is not used abstractly.

You measure width by determining the distance between one side and the other of an object or space.

Yes, what one considers wide may vary by personal perception.

While you can estimate, width is usually a precise measurement.

No, wide does not specify a measurement, it's a general description.

Yes, width is a fundamental dimension in geometric shapes and objects.