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Exuberant vs Abundance - What's the difference?

exuberant | abundance |

As an adjective exuberant

is exuberant.

As a noun abundance is

a large quantity; many .

exuberant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of people) Very high-spirited; extremely energetic and enthusiastic.
  • * 1882 , , "The Lady or the Tiger?":
    • He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts.
  • * 1961 , , Catch-22 :
    • She was a tall, earthy, exuberant girl with long hair and a pretty face.
  • (of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant.
  • * 1972 , Ken Lemmon, "Restoration Work at Studley Royal," Garden History , vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 22:
    • The County Architect's Department is starting to pleach trees to open up these vistas, now almost hidden by the exuberant growth.

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996. ----

    abundance

    English

    (wikipedia abundance)

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete) abundaunce * (obsolete) habundance * (obsolete) boundance * (card games) abondance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large quantity; many.
  • An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
  • * (rfdate) (Sir Walter Raleigh)
    • It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.
  • Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
  • Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
  • (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.

    • Usage notes

    * Synonym notes: Abundance , Plenty]], [[exuberance, Exuberance. These words rise upon each other in expressing the idea of fullness. ** Plenty'' denotes a sufficiency to supply every want; as, ''plenty'' of food, ''plenty of money, etc. ** Abundance'' express more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; as, ''abundance'' of riches, an ''abundance of wit and humor; often, however, it only denotes plenty in a high degree. ** Exuberance'' rises still higher, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing great superfluity or redundance; as, an ''exuberance'' of mirth, an ''exuberance of animal spirits, etc.

    Synonyms

    * exuberance, plenteousness, plenty, copiousness, overflow, riches, affluence, wealth

    Related terms

    * abound * abundant

    References

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