Expanded and Swelled

Expanded

Expanded adjective - Increased in extent or size or bulk or scope.

Swelled and expanded are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Swelled" instead the word "Expanded" as a verb or an adjective.

Swelled

Swelled adjective - Feeling self-importance.

Expanded and swelled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expanded" instead the word "Swelled" as a verb or an adjective.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Peter Pan Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Slightly, being "madly addicted to the drinking of water when he was hot," has swelled up and become the fattest of the Lost Boys — and so he has secretly expanded his entrance to the secret underground home so that he can fit through it.
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