Re: [CSSWG][css-shapes] CSS Shapes Level 1 Candidate Recommendation

On 07/26/2015 04:23 PM, Alan Stearns wrote:
>
> Sure. Expand and enlarge are synonyms. Either works, and it just happened
> to be enlarge that came to mind when I made the change. I don’t quite
> understand your nitpicking between the two. Here are the definitions I
> find in Dictionary.app:
>
> become or make larger or more extensive
>
> make or become bigger or more extensive
>
> Can you tell which one is which? Do we really need to spend more time
> emailing back and forth on this?

The difference is in the connotations, not the denotations, and I happen
to agree with Brad here -- enlarge has a stronger link to a scaling
operation, whereas expand has a stronger link to outsetting a boundary.

~fantasai

Received on Tuesday, 28 July 2015 15:29:32 UTC