Overpass query. Absence of [maxsize] returns significantly smaller results

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I have two overpass queries.

node(33.68336,-117.89466,34.14946,-117.03498);
way["highway"~"motorway|motorway_link|trunk|trunk_link|primary|primary_link|secondary|secondary_link|tertiary|tertiary_link|road|residential|service"](bn);
(._;>;);
out;

The query above returns an osm.xml file that is 167.306 kb big.

[out:xml][maxsize:2000000000];
(
	node(33.68336,-117.89466,34.14946,-117.03498);  
	way["highway"~"motorway|motorway_link|trunk|trunk_link|primary|primary_link|secondary|secondary_link|tertiary|tertiary_link|road|residential|service"](bn);
	(._;>;);
);
out;

The second query returns a file that is 618.994 kb big. Why does the second query return a significantly bigger result? Does the first query not give me the full dataset? Is there a way to get the same result with both queries? (The absence of [maxsize] sometimes leads to an error…)

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