extended - extensive

extended - extensive
'extended'
You use extended to describe things which last longer than usual.

...extended news bulletins on TV.

...going home on extended leave.

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'extensive'
If something is extensive, it covers a large area.

...an extensive Roman settlement in north-west England.

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An extensive effect is very great.

Many buildings suffered extensive damage in the blast.

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Extensive also means `covering many details'.

We had fairly extensive discussions.

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