Big or large?

Large.

I like to stay in a large room in a big hotel.

Thanks, AlpheccaStars! Can you comment on your choice, please? Why not a big room in a large hotel?

To me, it's just convention. Large is more frequently connected with fixed physical dimensions (length x width). We speak of a large painting much more often than a big painting.

Hotels often advertize their large, spacious, well-appointed rooms".

But it is not incorrect to say a "big room."

AlpheccaStarsLarge.

I like to stay in a large room in a big hotel.

Funny, I'd word it the opposite way.

CliveHi,

Very generally speaking, 'big' is very, very common in casual English, but is avoided as our English becomes less casual.

Clive

I agree. "Big" is much more hackneyed than "large". We have Big Mac, Big Bird, Big Ben, Big Bertha, Big Bang, Big Brother, big fish, big time, big man, etc.