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Copiousness vs Wantonness - What's the difference?

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Copiousness is a related term of wantonness.


As nouns the difference between copiousness and wantonness

is that copiousness is the state of being copious while wantonness is (uncountable) the state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.

copiousness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state of being copious

    • wantonness

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
  • *1897 , , Dracula , ch. 16,
  • *:The sweetness was turned to adamantine, heartless cruelty, and the purity to voluptuous wantonness .
  • (countable, dated) A particular wanton act.
  • *1882 , , History of New England during the Stuart Dynasty , Little Brown (Boston), v. 3, p. 366,
  • *:These were simply the wantonnesses of a dishonest man.