Excessive vs Enriched - What's the difference?
excessive | enriched |
Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
(enrich)
To make (someone) rich or richer.
To adorn, ornate more richly.
To improve the state of something.
To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.
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, title=The Fraught History of a Watery World
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(physics) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.
To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify
As an adjective excessive
is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.As a verb enriched is
(enrich).excessive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive , nay even stupid."
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* insufficient * deficientDerived terms
* excessive numberenriched
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*enrich
English
Verb
(es)- Hobbies enrich lives.
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