Difference between Inflate and Expand

INFLATE vs EXPAND: ADJECTIVE

Become inflated
Cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
Increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
Fill with gas or air
Exaggerate or make bigger
To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally

Grow vigorously
To feel generous or optimistic.
To (be) increase(d) in extent, number, volume or scope.
To (be) change(d) from a smaller form/size to a larger one.
(algebra) To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
To change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one.
Grow stronger
Exaggerate or make bigger
Expand the influence of
Make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
Become larger in size or volume or quantity
Extend in one or more directions
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

To expand; to fill; to distend.
To become inflated.
To cause (a currency or economy) to undergo inflation.
To represent as greater or more important than is in fact the case: : exaggerate.
To fill with pride; aggrandize.
To fill (something) with air or gas so as to make it swell.

To state in enlarged form; to develop. See Expansion, 5.
To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract
To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse.

To puff up; elate: as, to inflate one with pride or self-importance.
To puff out or up; make swollen or turgid.
To swell or extend unduly; expand beyond proper or natural limits; raise above the just amount or value: as, to infiate the currency or prices; to inflate the market (that is, the price of marketable commodities, as stocks).
To swell or distend by inhaling or injecting air or gas; distend in any manner: as, to infiate the lungs, a bladder, or a balloon.
Inflated.

To spread or stretch out; unfold; display.
To increase in extent, size, bulk, or amount; inflate; distend; extend: as, to expand the chest by inspiration; heat expands all bodies.
Hence To make broader in scope or more comprehensive: as, to expand the heart or affections, or the sphere of benevolence.
To swell, blow up, fill, fill out, increase.
To open out; become unfolded, spread out, or displayed.
To increase in extent, size, bulk, amount, etc.; become dilated, distended, or enlarged.
In zoology, to spread over a certain space: used in stating the distance from tip to tip of outspread wings—in the case of insects, of anterior wings.
Add details, as to an account or idea

Fill, Overemphasize, Inject, Increase, Boost, Swell, False, Magnify, Overstate, Exaggerate, Blow up, Billow, Expand, Balloon, Amplify

Get ahead, Spread out, Flesh out, Elaborate, Boom, Expatiate, Expound, Dilate, Inflate, Flourish, Thrive, Amplify, Prosper, Extend, Enlarge

Breathe, Grow, Fill, Inject, Increase, Boost, Swell, False, Magnify, Overstate, Exaggerate, Blow up, Expand, Balloon, Amplify

Diversify, Broaden, Blow up, Spread out, Flesh out, Elaborate, Boom, Expound, Dilate, Inflate, Flourish, Amplify, Prosper, Extend, Enlarge

NYU will look to expand options for students.
Expand enforcement and injunctive authority of state agencies.
Employee advocacy can help you expand your reach.
Allied World continues to expand its global footprint.
Milk Fund hopes to expand services By GLEN VIENHEAU Northern Light Stall The Bathurst Area School Milk Fund hopes to expand its services.
Europe has always desired to expand itself and has, from the beginning, experienced the wish to expand and the fear of external influences.
We need to expand Medicaid for all Texans by passing the Healthy Texas Act, which would expand coverage and programs available to all Texans.
As electronic communication continues to expand and fears of identity theft rise, intrusion claims will undoubtedly expand to cover these forms of communication.
The image below shows the wrong expand, expand the most recent version of the exam you are taking!
In IIS Manager, expand server name, expand Web sites, and then click the website that you want to modify.