Manifold vs Plenty - What's the difference?
manifold | plenty |
(now historical) A copy made by the manifold writing process.
(mechanics) A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs or outputs.
(US, regional, in the plural) The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
* 1830
(mathematics) A topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space and is Hausdorff.
Various in kind or quality, diverse
Many in number, numerous; multiple, multiplied.
Complicated.
Exhibited at diverse times or in various ways.
Many times; repeatedly.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.xii:
To make manifold; multiply.
(printing) To multiply or reproduce impressions of by a single operation.
A more than adequate amount.
* 1798 , (Thomas Malthus), (An Essay on the Principle of Population):
More than sufficiently.
(label) , very.
* 26 June 2014 , A.A Dowd, AV Club Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler spoof rom-com clichés in They Came Together [http://www.avclub.com/review/paul-rudd-and-amy-poehler-spoof-rom-com-cliches-th-206220]
(label) much, enough
(label) many
(label) plentiful
* 1597 , Shakespeare, Henry IV , Part I, Act I, Scene IV:
* 1836 , The American Gardener's Magazine and Register , volume 2, page 279:
As a noun manifold
is (now historical) a copy made by the manifold writing process.As an adjective manifold
is various in kind or quality, diverse.As an adverb manifold
is many times; repeatedly.As a verb manifold
is to make manifold; multiply.As a proper noun plenty is
a village in saskatchewan, canada.manifold
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Anson, Somerset Co. Me., accessed 12 June 2007
- My conjecture being right he will find the third stomach, or manifolds , the seat of difficulty.
Derived terms
* manifolder * (l) * (l)Adjective
(en adjective)- The manifold meanings of the simple English word 'set' are infamous among dictionary makers.
- c1384 ... the manyfold grace of God. — I Petre 4:10 (
Wycliffe's Bible
)
- 1611 The manifold wisdom of God. —
Ephesians 3:10]. ([[w:King James Bible]
)
Derived terms
* manifold writingAdverb
(en adverb)- when his daughter deare he does behold, / Her dearely doth imbrace, and kisseth manifold .
Etymology 2
From (etyl) manifolden, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)plenty
English
Noun
- We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty .
- During this season of distress, the discouragements to marriage, and the difficulty of rearing a family are so great that population is at a stand. In the mean time the cheapness of labour, the plenty of labourers, and the necessity of an increased industry amongst them, encourage cultivators to employ more labour upon their land, to turn up fresh soil, and to manure and improve more completely what is already in tillage
Usage notes
While some dictionaries analyse this word as a noun, others analyse it as a pronoun,Macmillan]or as both a noun and a pronoun.[http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/plenty oxforddictionaries.comHarrap's essential English Dictionary'' (1996)''Heinemann English Dictionary (2001)
Derived terms
* horn of plenty * land of plenty * plenteous * plentifulSynonyms
* abundance * profusionUsage notes
See the notes about the noun.Adverb
(-)- This office is plenty big enough for our needs.
- She was plenty mad at him.
- Seeing clichés mimicked this skillfully is plenty hilarious.
Determiner
(en determiner)- There'll be plenty time later for that
- Get a manicure. Plenty men do it.
Adjective
(en adjective)- if reasons were as plenty as blackberries
- Radishes are very plenty . Of cabbages a few heads of this year's crop have come to hand this week, and sold readily at quotations; [...]