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Mr. Tom Posted 7 years ago
Vocabulary

Capacious and spacious

Hi

Would you say that capacious and spacious are essentially synonymous?

Their new flat is quite capacious.

Their new flat is quite spacious.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. Tom Would you say that capacious and spacious are essentially synonymous? Essentially, but ...

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  • Mr.
  • Tom Would you say that capacious and spacious are essentially synonymous?
  • Essentially, but ...
  • I think of something 'capacious' as able to fit a lot of things in it.
  • I think of something 'spacious' as having a lot of space to move around in.
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Mr. TomWould you say that capacious and spacious are essentially synonymous?

Essentially, but ...

I think of something 'capacious' as able to fit a lot of things in it.
I think of something 'spacious' as having a lot of space to move around in.

a capacious handbag; capacious bins for rubbish; capacious pockets
a spacious bedroo

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