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Overpopulated vs Populous - What's the difference?

overpopulated | populous |

As adjectives the difference between overpopulated and populous

is that overpopulated is having a higher population than can be sustained in an area while populous is having a large population.

As a verb overpopulated

is past tense of overpopulate.

overpopulated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (overpopulate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a higher population than can be sustained in an area.

    • See also

    * overcrowded

    populous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a large population.
    • ''China is the most populous country in the world.
  • (of a, language) Spoken by a large number of people.
    • Chinese is the most populous language.
  • * Victoria Fromkin, ?Robert Rodman, ?Nina M. Hyams, An Introduction to Language (ISBN 1111784094), page 524:
    • The Sino-Tibetan family includes Mandarin, the most populous language in the world, spoken by more than one billion Chinese.
  • Densely]] [[populate, populated.
    • The Nile delta is a populous region.
  • Crowded with people.
    • Airport departure halls are often populous places during the rush hours.