Bountiful vs Superfluous - What's the difference?
bountiful | superfluous |
Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=29, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= In excess of what is required or sufficient.
As adjectives the difference between bountiful and superfluous
is that bountiful is having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample while superfluous is in excess of what is required or sufficient.bountiful
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Alternative forms
* bountifull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)Unspontaneous combustion, passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.}}
superfluous
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Adjective
(-)- With a full rain suit, carrying an umbrella may be superfluous .
