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Additional vs Excessive - What's the difference?

additional | excessive |

As adjectives the difference between additional and excessive

is that additional is supplemental or added to something while excessive is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.

As a noun additional

is something added.

additional

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Supplemental or added to something.
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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something added.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    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