Monumental vs Abundant - What's the difference?
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In the manner of a monument.
Large, grand and imposing. Fitting to be a monument to someone or something.
Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete.
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Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
* [W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation. — Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination
Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
* Abundant in goodness and truth. — Exodus, 34:6
(mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
Monumental is a related term of abundant.
As adjectives the difference between monumental and abundant
is that monumental is in the manner of a monument while abundant is fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing .monumental
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- "a monumental task"