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Fullness vs Profusion - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between fullness and profusion

is that fullness is being full; completeness while profusion is abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia.

fullness

English

Alternative forms

* fulness

Noun

(-)
  • Being full; completeness.
  • The degree to which a space is full.
  • (fig. ) The degree to which fate has become known.
  • (bodybuilding): A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected.

    • Derived terms

    * in the fullness of time

    profusion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia
    • His hair, in great profusion , streamed down over his shoulders.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VI
    • We set the men at work felling trees, selecting for the purpose jarrah, a hard, weather-resisting timber which grew in profusion near by.
  • lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance