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Pupulu Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
scope vs. range
What are the differences between words "scope" and "range"?
For an example, we are saying "the scope of Physics", but why not "the range of Physics"?
For an example, we are saying "the scope of Physics", but why not "the range of Physics"?
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Hello Pupulu, "Scope" tends to refer to the breadth of something. How wide the topics are. "Range" tends to refer to how far something can go.
- Hello Pupulu, "Scope" tends to refer to the breadth of something.
- How wide the topics are.
- "Range" tends to refer to how far something can go.
- However, when someone says "the wide range of [something]," then it takes on a meaning similar to scope .
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Hello Pupulu,
"Scope" tends to refer to the breadth of something. How wide the topics are.
"Range" tends to refer to how far something can go. However, when someone says "the wide range of [something]," then it takes on a meaning similar to scope.
"Scope" tends to refer to the breadth of something. How wide the topics are.
"Range" tends to refer to how far something can go. However, when someone says "the wide range of [something]," then it takes on a meaning similar to scope.
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Range is the general term indicating the extent of one's perception or the extent of powers, capacities, or possibilities
Scope is applicable to an area of activity, an area predetermined and limited, but an area of free choice within the set of limits
Merriam-Webster Synonym Dictionary
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Thus, it's
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Range is the general term indicating the extent of one's perception or the extent of powers, capacities, or possibilities
Scope is applicable to an area of activity, an area predetermined and limited, but an area of free choice within the set of limits
Merriam-Webster Synonym Dictionary
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Thus, it's
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