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Copious vs Ample - What's the difference?

copious | ample |

Ample is a synonym of copious.



As adjectives the difference between copious and ample

is that copious is great in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale while ample is large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.

copious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Great in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. ยง 18.
    • These loose hints I have thrown together, in order to excite the curiosity of philosophers, and beget a suspicion at least, if not a full persuasion, that this subject is very copious ,
  • Having an abundant supply.
  • Full of thought, information, or matter; exuberant in words, expression, or style.

    • Related terms

    * copiously * copiousness

    References

    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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    Anagrams

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