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Abounded vs Bounded - What's the difference?

abounded | bounded |

As verbs the difference between abounded and bounded

is that abounded is past tense of abound while bounded is past tense of bound.

As an adjective bounded is

of a set, that it is capable of being included within a ball of finite radius.

abounded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (abound)

  • abound

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be full to overflowing.
  • (obsolete) To be wealthy.
  • To be highly productive.
  • To be present or available in large numbers; to be plentiful.
  • Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.
  • * Where sin abounded' grace did much more '''abound . ''Romans 5:20 .
  • To revel in.
  • To be copiously supplied;
  • The wilderness abounds in traps.
  • * The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. - Chambers.
  • Usage notes

    * (copiously supplied) Abound is followed by in'' or ''with .

    Derived terms

    * abounder * aboundingly * abound in * abound with

    References

    bounded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bound)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (analysis) Of a set, that it is capable of being included within a ball of finite radius.
  • A compact set must be bounded .