Abundant vs Various - What's the difference?
abundant | various |
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.
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More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).
Having a broad range (of different elements).
As adjectives the difference between abundant and various
is that abundant is fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing while various is having a broad range (of different elements).As a determiner various is
more than one (of an indeterminate set of things).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
various
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Determiner
(en determiner)- Various books have been taken.
- There are various ways to fix the problem.
- You have broken various of the rules.
Adjective
(-)- The reasons are various .
