Blue Whales are the largest animals in the world.

[wotcha]

"Blue Whales are the largest animals in the world."





Ther above is from Kids' English book and I don't understand why it doesn't say

"Blue Whales are the biggest animals in the world."



???

 

[emsr2d2]

"Blue Whales are the largest animals in the world."





Ther above is from Kids' English book and I don't understand why it doesn't say

"Blue Whales are the biggest animals in the world."



???

What do you think is the difference between "big" and "large"?

 

[wotcha]

What do you think is the difference between "big" and "large"?

I don't see any differences in this case. ㅠㅜ

 

[5jj]

I don't see any differences in this case. ㅠㅜ

Neither do I, so why doyou ask why they use one rather than the other? They need to use one.

 

[Tdol]

"Blue Whales are the largest animals in the world."

Ther above is from Kids' English book and I don't understand why it doesn't say

"Blue Whales are the biggest animals in the world."

It could.

 

[SoothingDave]

It could, but it probably wouldn't. "Largest" sounds better in these type of cases.

I was reviewing someone's technical paper the other day and he had written about "big data sets." I corrected it to "large" because that is the word that is normally used. It just sounds better. "Big" seems more childish, at least to me.

 

[5jj]

"Big" seems more childish, at least to me.

I agree with you - in some contexts. However, the sentence we are discussing came from a book for children, so 'biggest' is fine, in my opinion.