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Ample vs Numerous - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between ample and numerous

is that ample is large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended while numerous is indefinitely large numerically, many.

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

    Related terms

    () * amplifiable * amplification * amplifier * amplificatory * amplify * amplitude

    References

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    Anagrams

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    numerous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Indefinitely large numerically, many.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
    • , author=Colin Allen , title=Do I See What You See? , volume=100, issue=2, page=168 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.}}
  • * There are numerous definitions of the word 'man'.

    • Synonyms

    * See many

    Derived terms

    * overnumerous * overnumerousness * supernumerous * supernumerousness * unnumerous