different between widespread vs seismic

English

Alternative forms

• wide-spread

Etymology

From wide +? spread.

Adjective

widespread (comparative widerspread or more widespread, superlative widestspread or most widespread)

1. Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.

   • It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.

Synonyms

• extensive, pervasive, prevalent, ubiquitous, universal; see also Thesaurus:widespread

Antonyms

• limited

Derived terms

• widespreadly
• widespreadness

Translations

English

Etymology

Based on Ancient Greek ??????? (seismós, “shaking, earthquake”) +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?zm?k/
• Rhymes: -a?zm?k.

Adjective

seismic (not comparable)

1. Related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth.
2. (figuratively) Of very large or widespread effect.

Derived terms

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French séismique

Adjective

seismic m or n (feminine singular seismic?, masculine plural seismici, feminine and neuter plural seismice)

1. seismic

Declension