how to distinguish Dilate and Expand?

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Vorpar · Accepted Answer

They can both be used in the same way, though when an iris widens, we usually use dilate. I almost never hear dilate except when talking about pupils.

Marius Hancu · Answer

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synonyms AMPLIFY, SWELL, DISTEND, INFLATE, DILATE:

EXPAND, often interchangeable with others in this list, may indicate any enlarging by opening out, spreading, unfolding, extending, or increasing <the captain established a tavern here, expanding it after 10 years into an elaborate stone structure -- American Guide Series: Pennsylvania> <gradually psalm singing expanded into oratorios and concerts of sacred music -- American Guide Series: New Jersey> <she hungered for a full environment in which to expand her new powers -- Havelock Ellis> >

DILATE is likely to refer to a swelling or widening of something known or viewed as circular or spherical <arteries dilated by the drug> <the pupils of his eyes were dilated> <some stirring experience, the drastic stimulus given by some masterpiece in an art or by some personal emotion, may swiftly dilate your field of consciousness -- C.E.Montague>

Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged.
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