Difference between Broaden and Widen

BROADEN vs WIDEN: VERB

To make broad; increase in breadth; render more broad or comprehensive: as, “broaden'd nostrils,”
To grow broad or broader.
(transitive; intransitive verb) To make or become broad or broader.

Widely; wide.
To make wide or wider; extend in breadth; expand: as, to widen a street.
In knitting, to increase the number of stitches: as, to widen at the third row.
To grow wide or wider; enlarge; extend itself; expand; broaden.
In knitting, to make larger by increasing the number of stitches: opposed to narrow.
To throw open.
(transitive; intransitive verb) To make or become wide or wider.

Enlarge, Augment, Wider, Expanded, Deepen, Broader, Expands, Enhance, Strengthen, Expanding, Expand, Branch out, Extend, Widen, Diversify

Expands, Broadened, Lengthen, Expanding, Strengthen, Intensify, Enlarging, Broadening, Wider, Deepen, Enlarge, Expand, Let out, Extend, Broaden

Improve, Enhancing, Enlarge, Augment, Wider, Expanded, Deepen, Broader, Enhance, Strengthen, Expanding, Expand, Extend, Widen, Diversify

Enhance, Expanded, Broadened, Lengthen, Expanding, Strengthen, Intensify, Enlarging, Broadening, Wider, Deepen, Enlarge, Expand, Extend, Broaden

First, it will help us broaden LIS literature.
But I challenge you to broaden that feeling.
Me, I like to broaden the entire topic.
Please broaden your search criteria and try again.
You all just need to broaden your perspective.
Finding ways to broaden risk pools is critical.
No chance of territorial division as you broaden.
Broaden your understanding of who knows whom and who can help, and broaden your understanding of where power actually lies.
Broaden supplier network and regional footprint: Companies should look to broaden supplier networks and to diversify supplier options geographically.
Partition Supervisor allows you to broaden the partition, repair low disk area concern, broaden NTFS system partition without reboot and assemble MBR.

This will flatten and widen the welding bead.
State initiatives widen reach of ACT, SAT tests.
The tax gap continues to widen every year.
What would happen if you widen this table?
Widen EM, Strain G, King WC, et al.
Longer routes may simply widen the catchment area.
There are not enough funds to widen them.
We are ready to widen and strengthen it.
NHA to widen the network of service providers.
Take a dremmel tool to the microphone to widen out the blockage internally and widen the outside hole for louder modulation.