What's the difference between expansive and roomy?

Expansive


Definition:

  • (a.) Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Surprisingly, the clonal elimination of V beta 6+ cells is preceded by marked expansion of these cells.
  • (2) Blood flow decreased immediately after skin expansion in areas over the tissue expander on days 0 and 1 and returned to baseline levels within 24 hours.
  • (3) Cellular radial expansion was apparently unaffected by exposure to electric fields.
  • (4) Plasma fibrinogen decreased by approximately 7% due to hemodilution caused by plasma volume expansion.
  • (5) To augment the in vitro expansion of LAK cells, we added highly purified human recombinant interleukin-2, phytohemagglutinin and accessory cells (Uc cells) to the LAK culture system, with which huge number of LAK cells (LAK-L) were generated from originally small number of peripheral blood lymphocytes of cancer patients.
  • (6) This was accompanied by a greater decrease in hematocrit in the continuous group, a finding that suggests that plasma volume expansion occurred during continuous GTN therapy.
  • (7) Expansion of the cell sheet following attachment, and the fusion of epiblasts advancing toward each other, does not require the presence of mineralocorticoid.
  • (8) Opsin becomes incorporated into the disk membrane by a process of membrane expansion and fusion to form the flattened disks of the outer segment.
  • (9) Unlike previous studies where constitutive expression of exogenous IL-6 genes resulted in lymphoproliferative disorders characterized by massive plasmacytosis, minimal plasma cell expansion occurred in the MSCV-IL-6 mice during the observation period.
  • (10) The hyperreninemia and hyperaldosteronism were both suppressible with volume expansion.
  • (11) In a clear water reservoir built in ready construction after a working-period of five months quite a lot of slime could be found on the expansion joint filled with tightening compound on the base of Thiokol.
  • (12) For a union that, in less than 25 years, has had to cope with the end of the cold war, the expansion from 12 to 28 members, the struggle to create a single currency and, most recently, the eurozone crisis, such a claim risks accusations of hyperbole.
  • (13) The former Arsenal and France star has signed a three-year contract to replace the sacked Jason Kreis at the helm of the second-year expansion club and will take over on 1 January, the team said.
  • (14) In order to delineate the critical blood flow pattern during the Cushing response in intracranial hypertension, regional cerebral blood flow was measured with radioactive microspheres in 12 anesthetized dogs at respiratory arrest caused either by expansion of an epidural supratentorial balloon or by cisternal infusion.
  • (15) This enhancement of laminin synthesis corresponds to the mesangial expansion and to the development of laminin-containing spike formations of the glomerular basement membrane at week 8.
  • (16) This study focuses on the expansion and maturation of the fatty streak in the aorta of Watanabe Heritable Hyperlipemic rabbits and comparably hypercholesterolemic fat-fed rabbits between 2 and 6 months duration of hypercholesterolemia.
  • (17) It is spending £68m this year to help meet this target, including further investment in its China start-up, expansion of its main UK warehouse in Barnsley, and new facilities in Berlin and Shanghai, and expansion of a warehouse in Ohio.
  • (18) 2) Trebling of alcohol treatment places to match the expansion in drug treatment, and US-style street pastor teams using vetted ex-offenders to reach disaffected young people.
  • (19) The expansion comes hot on the heels of another year of stellar growth in which Primark edged closer to overtaking high street stalwart M&S in sales and profits.
  • (20) Subacute lead exposure has been observed to inhibit the natriuretic response to isotonic saline expansion in adult female rats.

Roomy


Definition:

  • (a.) Having ample room; spacious; large; as, a roomy mansion; a roomy deck.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Each roomy retreat sleeps five, and has a patio and lounge, but only Berghylur backs onto a waterfall.
  • (2) The Prius is roomy and very quiet - people almost don't know you're there.
  • (3) Recently refurbished, the roomy palais is the official residence of Ivan Rogers, David Cameron's former summit sherpa and, since November, Britain's ambassador to the EU.
  • (4) On Mars , the four initial residents – having been voted winners by the viewers from a pool of 40 – will get a roomy 50 sq m apartment each.
  • (5) Noises were described as “washy”, “pingy”, “chunky”, “spongy”, “roomy”, “blatty” and “futzy”.
  • (6) Lowlights included listening to my Tennant’s-swilling roomie play The Bends at 4am looped, fearfully locking myself in my attic room (lacking an escape route), deterring him from inviting a homeless man to stay over and declining his kind offer of accompanying him to a crack house.
  • (7) 137Cs is preferable in patients with roomy or irregular intrauterine cavities and also offers reduced radiation exposure to personnel.
  • (8) A flexor pad underneath the big toe eliminates the phenomenon, but in case of rigidity of the toe, extremely roomy toe boxes must be prescribed.
  • (9) Morgan’s roomy bag now signifies some vast hypocrisy.
  • (10) Every weekday morning the refurbished tube station, flanked by a Starbucks and a Sainsbury's, sucks in thousands of professionals of all races and nationalities, brought to the area by its transport links, vibrant atmosphere and wealth of couple-friendly flats carved out of roomy Victorian houses.
  • (11) "I have four kids," he said, pointing to the Chevy's roomy back seat, "and they all fit in there."
  • (12) "Donot buy plcm till i het guidance; want to make sure guidance OK," said the message from Roomy Khan, an ex-employee facing money problems who was trying to persuade Rajaratnam, the head of the hedge fund Galleon Group, to re-hire her.