- What is the difference between largest and biggest?
What is the largest lake in the world? Compare this to 'the biggest lake' To my mind, the largest is the one with the greatest surface area, the biggest may have a smaller surface area but be deeper and therefore contain more water and be 'bigger' Of course, one could just as well assign the other way but there IS a distinction I think
- The largest, greatest, highest or biggest number of
when comparing amounts of some things, but I've checked it in google which seems like "the largest, the greatest, the highest, and even the most number of " are actually used more often 1 Which do we usually use for comparing numbers or amounts of some things? Let's say, if there were 3 cities 1,000 people live in city A
- Majority is defined as the larger part of something. Is the LARGEST . . .
If it is the largest, it may not be the majority if there are three or more parts If something is 40%, while two other things are 30% apiece, it's the largest, but it does not constitute a majority, merely a plurality
- mathematics - greatest or largest number - English Language Usage . . .
a) 7 is the smallest and 9 is the greatest number or b) 7 is the smallest and 9 is the largest number The research so far indicates that both terms largest and greatest are used in educational material Largest implies size, but greater implies value, so greater seems more appropriate when dealing with abstract concepts
- In mathematics, when referring to pure numbers is largest or biggest . . .
When referring to a list of number is largest or biggest correct? For example, I want to find the biggest number in an array Or should it be the largest number Finally, would either biggest or
- grammar - smaller to larger vs smallest to largest - English . . .
Would it be ok to say "from smaller to larger" or do I have to say "from smallest to largest" E g , I'm using the batteries from smallest smaller to largest larger capacity
- Whats the difference between large share and high share?
In the passage below, can I replace highest with largest lowest with smallest? the United States had the highest housing expenditure share, 26% of total expenditures in 2009
- Can I say constitute contribute the largest group?
People who never married contributed the second largest group in both years, which accounted for roughly 15% then 20% of the total population of adult Americans
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