Wide vs. Tall: What's the Difference?

Having a specified extent from side to side

Having greater than ordinary height

Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad

Having considerable height, especially in relation to width; lofty

Having great extent or range; including much or many

Having a specified height

Fully open or extended

(Informal) Fanciful or exaggerated; boastful

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

Impressively great or difficult

(Baseball) Outside.

(Obsolete) Excellent; fine.

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

With proud bearing; straight

Deviating or straying from something expected or specified

(of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.

(Linguistics) Lax.

(of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high.

Over a great distance; extensively

(of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.

To the full extent; completely.

Smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces (~ 230 ml).

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

(obsolete) Obsequious; obedient.

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

(obsolete) Seemly; suitable; fitting, becoming, comely; attractive, handsome.

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

(obsolete) Bold; brave; courageous; valiant.

Having a large physical extent from side to side.

(archaic) Fine; proper; admirable; great; excellent.

Large in scope.

Someone or something that is tall.

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

A clothing size for taller people.

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

A tall serving of a drink, especially one from Starbucks, which contains 12 ounces.

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

High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast.

Vast, great in extent, extensive.

Brave; bold; courageous.

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

Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive.

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

Great in vertical dimension; high in stature;

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

Lofty in style;

Antagonistic, provocative.

Impressively difficult;

Extensively

Too improbable to admit of belief;

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;