Bountiful vs Large - What's the difference?

Bountiful is a related term of large.

As adjectives the difference between bountiful and large

is that bountiful is having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample while large is of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

As a noun large is

(music|obsolete) an old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.

bountiful

English

Alternative forms

* bountifull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.

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large

English

Adjective

(er)

Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

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(obsolete) Abundant; ample.

* Milton

We have yet large day.

(archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.

* Felton

I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.

(obsolete) Free; unencumbered.

* Fairfax

Of burdens all he set the Paynims large .

(obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.

* Shakespeare

Some large jests he will make.

(nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

Synonyms

(checksyns) * big, huge, giant, gigantic, enormous, stour, great, mickle, largeish * See also

Antonyms

* small, tiny, minuscule

Derived terms

* as large as life, larger than life * by and large * enlarge * give it large * have it large * large it, large up, large it up * largely * largeness * writ large * largish

Noun

(music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.

(obsolete) Liberality, generosity.

A thousand dollars.

Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large .

Derived terms

* at large

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