- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Longest English word without a vowel sound
It is more logical to allow y as an English vowel when it does the same job as the traditional 5 - thus in sky, but not in yell In the odd loan-word from Welsh, w is a seventh vowel (eg cwm) There is not always one syllable for every vowel in a word, but it is extremely rare for there to be a syllable without a corresponding vowel; I'd say rhythm is a very strange word
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