Augment vs Prolific - What's the difference?
augment | prolific |
To increase; to make larger or supplement.
(reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
(music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
(music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
(grammar) To add an augment to.
(grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e-'' (''a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
Fertile, producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
Similarly producing results or works in abundance
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=September 7
, author=Dominic Fifield
, title=England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova
, work=The Guardian
As a verb augment
is to increase; to make larger or supplement.As a noun augment
is (grammar) in some indo-european languages, a prefix e-'' (''a- in sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.As an adjective prolific is
prolific.augment
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Verb
(en verb)- The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
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* prolifick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=The most obvious beneficiary of the visitors' superiority was Frank Lampard. By the end of the night he was perched 13th in the list of England's most prolific goalscorers, having leapfrogged Sir Geoff Hurst to score his 24th and 25th international goals. No other player has managed more than the Chelsea midfielder's 11 in World Cup qualification ties, with this a display to roll back the years.}}