Sally said "yes".
I used the Oxford & Cambridge to seach the meaning before I did this assignment.
It was suitable to use Oxford for me because the explanation is more clearly.
Searching result is beneath this paragraph.
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bigadj. (big•ger, big•gest) LARGE
large in size, degree, amount, etc.: a big man / house / increase
This shirt isn’t big enough.
It’s the world’s biggest computer company. (informal)
He had this great big grin on his face.
They were earning big money.
The news came as a big blow.
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large
adj. (larger, larg•est)
1. big in size or quantity:
a large area / family / house / car / appetite
a large number of people
very large sums of money
He’s a very large child for his age.
A large proportion of old people live alone.
Women usually do the larger share of the housework.
Brazil is the world’s largest producer of coffee.
Who’s the rather large (= fat) lady in the hat?
2. (abbr. L) used to describe one size in a range of sizes of clothes, food, products used in the house, etc.: small, medium, large
3. wide in range and involving many things:
a large and complex issue
Some drugs are being used on a much larger scale than previously.
If we look at the larger picture of the situation, the differences seem slight. note at big
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In fact, when I finished checking the different between "large" & "big", I can't figure out any version with logic.
After all, it's "learner's" dictionary.
Then I tried to find the answer by knowledge A+ where you can just post your questions and there will be someone help you.
(1)They are different in level. ==> Big <>(2)Big has always been used to decribe something abstract, such as importance, and concrete size.
On the other hand, large is almost like big but it doesn't have the meaning of importance.(3)Sometimes we can exchange them, but it's not free.
Some hint beneath.....
(X) He is making a big amount of money in China.
(O) He is making a large amount of money in China.
(X) The number of tourists in Taiwan gets bigger every year.
(O) The number of tourists in Taiwan gets larger every year.
That's my answer, it seems concordancer can't help me to resolve this puzzle...XD
Sometimes, generate rules from concordancers could be very difficult, isn't it. Hope after our discussion in class, you now know the difference already.
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