Cast
Spread
Spread noun - The space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects.
Usage example: a spread of nearly 100 miles between farms
Cast is a synonym for spread in diffuse topic. Sometimes you can use "Cast" instead the word "Spread" as a verb or an adjective or a noun, if it concerns topics such as publicize, open or fan out.
How words are described
| good | good cast | good spread |
| high | high cast | high spread |
| full | full cast | full spread |
| initial | initial cast | initial spread |
| Other adjectives: many, single, small, powerful, actual, entire, real, large, big, great, huge, black, new, major, less, larger, smaller, diverse, wide, largest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Songs for a New World has a cast of two men and two women, spread evenly amongst the Voice Types, while The Last Five Years has a man and woman as its cast.
Source: Gender-Equal Ensemble - Then there's Penny and Sara being cast as the Mackers, and the nasty rumors Charlotte spread.
Source: Ho Yay / Web Comics -
Lampshaded in Day Off when Harry is roleplaying with the Alphas and rails against the unrealistic spread of the magical fireball cast by Billy's wizard character.
Source: Sufficiently Analyzed Magic
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