expanse vs scope

expanse and scope both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
expanse	Yes	No	No	No
scope	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, scope is a hypernym of expanse; that is, scope is a word with a broader meaning than expanse:

Other hypernyms of expanse include ambit, compass, orbit, range, reach.

expanse (noun)	scope (noun)
the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary	electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
a wide scope	a magnifier of images of distant objects
a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky	an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
	the state of the environment in which a situation exists