Excessive vs Inflated - What's the difference?
excessive | inflated |
Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
Filled with air or fluid
Expanded; in a state of inflation, of abnormally increased size, amount, etc.
(economics): In a state of higher cost.
(figuratively) Pompous; arrogant (of a person or ego )
(figuratively) Containing excessive, meaningless words, particularly for show
Higher that the true figure
(inflate)
As adjectives the difference between excessive and inflated
is that excessive is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate while inflated is filled with air or fluid.As a verb inflated is
(inflate).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 numberinflated
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The inflated balloons danced in the breeze.
- His inflated belly looked uncomfortable.
- His inflated prices made the vendor unpopular.
- The inflated speech did not impress the audience.
- inflated incidence figures