[Lexicog] Re: Synonymy

[David Costa]

One of my favorite examples of the difference between 'big' and 'large' is
the semantic contrast between 'big mouth' and 'large mouth'. Or,
alternately, between 'big nose' and 'large nose'.

Dave Costa


> I was interested in Greg Mellow's mention of 'big' and 'large'. Like Greg,
> I would consider them synonyms, but in the past several years I've had
> occasion to note the use of 'big' in papers by non-native English speaking
> grad students, and have somewhat compulsively felt the need to change it
> to 'large', as 'big' seems stylistically inappropriate for formal writing.
>
> Rudy Troike
> U of Arizona
>


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