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Excessive vs Plentiful - What's the difference?

excessive | plentiful |

As adjectives the difference between excessive and plentiful

is that excessive is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate while plentiful is existing in large number or ample amount.

excessive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
  • "I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive , nay even stupid."

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    Antonyms

    * insufficient * deficient

    Derived terms

    * excessive number

    plentiful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * plentifull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Existing in large number or ample amount.
  • a plentiful harvest
    a plentiful supply of water
    She accumulated a plentiful collection of books.
  • Yielding abundance; fruitful.
  • Some years, the tree is a plentiful source of apples.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year.
  • (obsolete) lavish; profuse; prodigal
  • * Francis Bacon
  • He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from decay.

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