Excessive vs Abundance - What's the difference?
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As an adjective excessive is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate. As a noun abundance is a large quantity; many [.
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excessive English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
- "I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive , nay even stupid."
Synonyms
* See also
Antonyms
* insufficient
* deficient
Derived terms
* excessive number
Related terms
* exceed
* excess
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abundance Alternative forms
* (obsolete) abundaunce
* (obsolete) habundance
* (obsolete) boundance
* (card games) abondance
Noun
( en noun)
A large quantity; many. [ ]
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [ ]
* (rfdate) (Sir Walter Raleigh)
- It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.
Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources. [ ]
Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample. [ ]
(card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist. [ ]
Usage notes
* Synonym notes: Abundance , Plenty]], [[exuberance, Exuberance. These words rise upon each other in expressing the idea of fullness.
** Plenty'' denotes a sufficiency to supply every want; as, ''plenty'' of food, ''plenty of money, etc.
** Abundance'' express more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; as, ''abundance'' of riches, an ''abundance of wit and humor; often, however, it only denotes plenty in a high degree.
** Exuberance'' rises still higher, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing great superfluity or redundance; as, an ''exuberance'' of mirth, an ''exuberance of animal spirits, etc.
Synonyms
* exuberance, plenteousness, plenty, copiousness, overflow, riches, affluence, wealth
Related terms
* abound
* abundant
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