big vs small vs little

Definitions

adjective

1. significant
2. marked by intense physical force
3. generous and understanding and tolerant
4. given or giving freely
5. loud and firm

adverb

1. in a boastful manner
2. in a major way
3. on a grand scale
4. extremely well

Examples

There's a big difference between an amateur video and a slick Hollywood production.

Forbes: In terms of scale, the size of a bank for lending, is there a point where being bigger does not make you more efficient in lending?

Sefelt has pulled back halfway normal, swelling up and down with big wet, rattling breaths.

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Definitions

adjective

1. relatively moderate, limited, or small
2. (of children and animals) young, immature
3. have fine or very small constituent particles
4. not large but sufficient in size or amount
5. low or inferior in station or quality

noun

1. the slender part of the back
2. a garment size for a small person

adverb

1. on a small scale

Examples

Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.

A few fields have the remains of small sunken stone dwellings, intimate as those at Skara Brae.

Sometime in the early eighteen hundreds, they trekked to the flat plain between the Ohio River and Lake Erie and settled in Mount Vernon, which was then a few small buildings in a forest of tall trees.

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