Comprehensive and Narrow

Comprehensive

Comprehensive adjective - Covering everything or all important points.
Usage example: a comprehensive overview of European history since the French Revolution

Narrow is an antonym for comprehensive in topics: broad, inclusive.

Narrow

Narrow adjective - Having distinct or certain limits.
Usage example: a play about human suffering, but in a narrower sense, also about the modern struggles of the working-class poor

Comprehensive is an antonym for narrow in wide topic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Whiplash Ambiguous Disorder: A very low-key example; Neiman's single-minded attitude and comprehensive knowledge of his narrow area of expertise (as well as his reclusive shyness and disinclination to make eye contact until Fletcher compels him to) make this a relatively common fan interpretation.
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