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Abundant vs Swarming - What's the difference?

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Abundant is a related term of swarming.


As an adjective abundant

is fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing .

As a noun swarming is

the action of a swarm.

As a verb swarming is

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abundant

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete) abundaunt * (obsolete) habundaunt * (obsolete) habundant

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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.
  • 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 also

    Antonyms

    * rare * scarce * (math) deficient

    Derived terms

    * abundant number * abundantly * superabundant

    References

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    swarming

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of a swarm.
  • (colloquial, Canada) A crime where an unsuspecting innocent bystander is attacked by several culprits at once, with no known motive.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • Anagrams

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