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Abounding vs Copious - What's the difference?

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Abounding is a related term of copious.


As adjectives the difference between abounding and copious

is that abounding is ample, plenty, abundant while copious is great in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.

As a verb abounding

is .

abounding

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Ample, plenty, abundant.
    • abounding soil
    an abounding stream

    Derived terms

    * aboundingly

    Verb

    (head)

    • copious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Great in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. ยง 18.
    • These loose hints I have thrown together, in order to excite the curiosity of philosophers, and beget a suspicion at least, if not a full persuasion, that this subject is very copious ,
  • Having an abundant supply.
  • Full of thought, information, or matter; exuberant in words, expression, or style.

    • Related terms

    * copiously * copiousness

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