Abundant vs Overgrown - What's the difference?
abundant | overgrown | Related terms |
Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
* [W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation. — Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination
Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
* Abundant in goodness and truth. — Exodus, 34:6
(mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.
(In the form "An overgrown X") Something which has grown bigger but has not changed its character.
Abundant is a related term of overgrown.
As adjectives the difference between abundant and overgrown
is that abundant is fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing while overgrown is having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.As a verb overgrown is
.abundant
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete) abundaunt * (obsolete) habundaunt * (obsolete) habundantAdjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
* (richly supplied) Normally followed by the word in' or (obsolete) ' of .Synonyms
* ample (see here for explanation of distinctions) * bountiful * copious * exuberant * liberal * overflowing * plenteous * plentiful * profuse * rich * teeming * See alsoAntonyms
* rare * scarce * (math) deficientDerived terms
* abundant number * abundantly * superabundantReferences
overgrown
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He spends so much money on new technology, he's like an overgrown schoolboy buying toys.