Bunch vs Plenty - What's the difference?
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A group of a number of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
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An informal body of friends.
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*:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch —the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
(lb) A considerable amount.
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(lb) An unmentioned amount; a number.
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(lb) A group of logs tied together for skidding.
An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.
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(lb) The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle.
An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added.
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A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
*(Bible), (w) xxx. 6
*:They will carrytheir treasures upon the bunches of camels.
To gather into a bunch.
To gather fabric into folds.
To form a bunch.
To be gathered together in folds
To protrude or swell
* Woodward
A more than adequate amount.
* 1798 , (Thomas Malthus), (An Essay on the Principle of Population):
More than sufficiently.
(label) , very.
* 26 June 2014 , A.A Dowd, AV Club Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler spoof rom-com clichés in They Came Together [http://www.avclub.com/review/paul-rudd-and-amy-poehler-spoof-rom-com-cliches-th-206220]
(label) much, enough
(label) many
(label) plentiful
* 1597 , Shakespeare, Henry IV , Part I, Act I, Scene IV:
* 1836 , The American Gardener's Magazine and Register , volume 2, page 279:
1000 English basic words
As nouns the difference between bunch and plenty
is that bunch is a group of a number of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together while plenty is a more than adequate amount.As a verb bunch
is to gather into a bunch.As a pronoun plenty is
more than enough.As an adverb plenty is
more than sufficiently.As a determiner plenty is
much, enough.As an adjective plenty is
plentiful.As a proper noun Plenty is
a village in Saskatchewan, Canada.bunch
English
Noun
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Synonyms
* (group of similar things) cluster, group * (informal body of friends) pack, group, gang, circle * (unusual concentration of ore) ore pocket, pocket, pocket of ore, kidney, nest, nest of ore, ore bunch, bunch of oreDerived terms
* buncha (bunch of)Verb
(es)- Bunching out into a large round knob at one end.
Synonyms
* (form a bunch) cluster, groupDerived terms
* bunch upplenty
English
Noun
- We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty .
- During this season of distress, the discouragements to marriage, and the difficulty of rearing a family are so great that population is at a stand. In the mean time the cheapness of labour, the plenty of labourers, and the necessity of an increased industry amongst them, encourage cultivators to employ more labour upon their land, to turn up fresh soil, and to manure and improve more completely what is already in tillage
Usage notes
While some dictionaries analyse this word as a noun, others analyse it as a pronoun,Macmillan]or as both a noun and a pronoun.[http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/plenty oxforddictionaries.comHarrap's essential English Dictionary'' (1996)''Heinemann English Dictionary (2001)
Derived terms
* horn of plenty * land of plenty * plenteous * plentifulSynonyms
* abundance * profusionUsage notes
See the notes about the noun.Adverb
(-)- This office is plenty big enough for our needs.
- She was plenty mad at him.
- Seeing clichés mimicked this skillfully is plenty hilarious.
Determiner
(en determiner)- There'll be plenty time later for that
- Get a manicure. Plenty men do it.
Adjective
(en adjective)- if reasons were as plenty as blackberries
- Radishes are very plenty . Of cabbages a few heads of this year's crop have come to hand this week, and sold readily at quotations; [...]
