Excess vs Addition - What's the difference?
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The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.
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* , "Jealosy", in The Poetical Works of William Walsh (1797),
The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.
An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
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* 1667 , , Paradise Lost , Book III:
(geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.
(British, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.
More than is normal, necessary or specified.
(uncountable) The act of adding anything.
Anything that is added.
(uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.
(music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
(legal) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq'.", "Robert Dale, '''Mason'''", "Thomas Way, ' of New York ".
(heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.
As nouns the difference between excess and addition
is that excess is the state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light while addition is addition.As an adjective excess
is more than is normal, necessary or specified.excess
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Noun
(es) (Spherical excess)- To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
- To throw a perfume on the violet, . . .
- Is wasteful and ridiculous excess .
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- That kills me with excess' of grief, this with ' excess of joy.
- The difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.
- And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess .
- Fair Angel, thy desire . . .
- . . . leads to no excess
- That reaches blame
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* deficiencyAdjective
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* * (Webster 1913)addition
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(wikipedia addition)Noun
- The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.