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Ample vs Comprehensive - What's the difference?

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Ample is a related term of comprehensive.


As adjectives the difference between ample and comprehensive

is that ample is large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended while comprehensive is .

ample

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
  • * All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. --Spenser.
  • Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.
  • Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative.
  • Synonyms

    * full, spacious, extensive, wide, capacious, abundant, plentiful, plenteous, copious, bountiful; rich, liberal, munificent * See also

    References

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    Anagrams

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    comprehensive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Broadly]] or completely covering; [[include, including a large proportion of something.
  • Synonyms

    * (broadly or completely covering) exhaustive, thorough, all-encompassing

    Derived terms

    * comprehensively * comprehensivization * comprehensivize

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A comprehensive school.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}} ----