big | large | ||
Written (251) | Colloquial (537) | Wirtten (430) | Colloquial (116) |
big secret | big school | large sum | large amount |
big smile | big try | large size | large estate |
big problems | big room | large share | large erm |
big words | big smacks | large tent | large hallway |
big parties | big resisters | large tankers | large garden |
big names | big properties | large systems | large families |
Thursday, April 14, 2011
To figure out the Difference between BIG and LARGE (revised)
From the column, you will find out that " big " is more often used in the colloquial than in the written system. However, "large" is opposed to " big" . Also, you can find that both of them can be used in countable noun or uncountable . " big " is frequently appeared in the daily conversation, and "large" is quite used in the formal occasion, for instance, in writting to describe the scale, degree, amount, and so on.
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