- 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
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- 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
- word usage - Can we say majority to the largest portion when it . . .
What about the second pie chart? In the second pie chart the largest portion is less than 50% Can I still consider the group "c" as majority in it? Based on the Cambridge Dictionary it seems ambiguous: (1) the larger number or part of something, (2) more than half of a total number or amount
- How should we describe the largest group in a set when its share . . .
The largest share of the region's cost estimate total belongs to projects classified as "long term", which accounts for 9% of the region's projects and 47% of the region's cost estimate total While the statements above are numerically accurate and precise, I feel they are a bit clunky and bloated
- 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
- phrases - single largest or largest single - English Language . . .
In "the single largest factor", "single" is technically redundant, save for excluding the possibility of joint winners When used (by someone who understands the language) it's serves as an intensifier, basically making the phrase mean "the largest factor by far"
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