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Ample vs Profusion - What's the difference?

ample | profusion |

As an adjective ample

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

As a noun profusion is

profusion, abundance.

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

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    profusion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia
    • His hair, in great profusion , streamed down over his shoulders.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VI
    • We set the men at work felling trees, selecting for the purpose jarrah, a hard, weather-resisting timber which grew in profusion near by.
  • lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance