Expansive vs. Grand: What's the Difference?
Expansive and Grand Definitions
Expansive
Capable of expanding or tending to expand.
Grand
Large and impressive in size or extent
A forest of grand trees.
Corruption on a grand scale.
Expansive
Broad in size or extent; comprehensive
Expansive police powers.
Grand
Sweeping in ambition or conception
A grand scheme to build a canal across the desert.
Expansive
Open and communicative; talkative or effusive
Wine made the guest expansive.
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Grand
Very pleasing; wonderful; splendid
The children had a grand time playing in the barn.
Expansive
Grand in scale
An expansive lifestyle.
Grand
Characterized by splendor or magnificence
A grand meal was laid before them. The emperor made a grand entrance on his horse.
Expansive
Comprehensive in scope or extent.
Expansive research work
Grand
Having more importance than others; principal
Won the grand prize.
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Expansive
Talkative and sociable.
Grand
Having higher rank than others of the same category
The grand admiral of the fleet.
Expansive
Able to be expanded.
Grand
Dignified or noble, as in appearance or effect
The grand style of the great orators.
The grand old man of British letters.
Expansive
(mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity.
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Grand
Having a serious moral purpose; noble
An endeavor with a grand mission.
Expansive
Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air.
A more expansive and generous compassion.
His forehead was broad and expansive.
Grand
Of a haughty or pretentious nature
Put on a grand manner.
Expansive
Causing expansion; as, the expansive force of heat.
Grand
Including or covering all units or aspects
The grand total.
Expansive
Of much expanse; wide-extending; as, an expansive view of the mountains.
Grand
A grand piano.
Expansive
Friendly, open, and unrestrained in conversation or discourse; - of people; as, wine made the guest expansive.
Grand
Pl. grand Slang A thousand dollars
Sold the car for six grand.
Expansive
Characterized by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur.
Grand
(augmentative) Large, senior high-ranking, intense, extreme, or exceptional
Expansive
Able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion;
Expansive materials
The expansive force of fire
Grand
Of a large size or extent; great.
A grand mountain
A grand army
A grand mistake
Expansive
Impressive in scale;
An expansive lifestyle
In the grand manner
Grand
Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.
A grand monarch
A grand view
His simple vision has transformed into something far more grand.
Expansive
Marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur
Grand
Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.
A grand lodge
A grand vizier
A grand piano
The Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire.
'' Grand Admiral
Expansive
Friendly and open and willing to talk;
Wine made the guest expansive
Grand
Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent grand-}}.
Grandfather, grandson, grand-child
Grand
Fine; lovely.
A cup of tea? That'd be grand.
Grand
(music) Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.
Grand
(plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. Compare G.
Grand
A grand piano
Grand
A grandparent or grandchild.
Grand
Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.
Making so bold . . . to unsealTheir grand commission.
Grand
Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception.
They are the highest models of expression, the unapproachedmasters of the grand style.
Grand
Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc.
Grand
Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; - generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.
What causeMov'd our grand parents, in that happy state,Favor'd of Heaven so highly, to fall offFrom their Creator.
Grand
The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Grand
A piano with the strings on a harp-shaped frame; usually supported by 3 legs
Grand
Impressive in scale;
An expansive lifestyle
In the grand manner
Grand
Of or befitting a lord;
Heir to a lordly fortune
Of august lineage
Grand
Impressive in size or scope;
Heroic undertakings
