Abundance vs Prosperous - What's the difference?
abundance | prosperous |
A large quantity; many.
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
* (rfdate) (Sir Walter Raleigh)
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.
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characterized by success
well off; affluent
favorable
As a noun abundance
is a large quantity; many.As an adjective prosperous is
characterized by success.abundance
English
(wikipedia abundance)Alternative forms
* (obsolete) abundaunce * (obsolete) habundance * (obsolete) boundance * (card games) abondanceNoun
(en noun)- It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.
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, wealthReferences
prosperous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Trading Babe Ruth was far more prosperous for the Yankees than for the Red Sox.
- He was raised in a very prosperous household.
- He chose a prosperous lottery number that evening.
