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Copious vs Fruitful - What's the difference?

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Copious is a related term of fruitful.


As adjectives the difference between copious and fruitful

is that copious is great in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale while fruitful is favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; fertile; not barren.

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

    fruitful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fruitfull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; fertile; not barren.
  • Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.
    • The extra work in the office turned out to be fruitful after all - I got promoted

    Quotations

    * Genesis, I, 22 *: And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful , and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * unfruitful * barren * infertile

    Related terms

    * fruitfully * fruitfulness

    References

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