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Perpetual vs Plenty - What's the difference?

perpetual | plenty |

As an adjective perpetual

is lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time.

As a proper noun plenty is

a village in saskatchewan, canada.

perpetual

English

Alternative forms

* perpetuall (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time
  • Set up to be in effect or have tenure for an unlimited duration
  • Continuing uninterrupted
  • Flowering throughout the growing season
  • * By means of artificial hybridization, practised for a series of years, he has succeeded in producing a race of carnations which are perpetual bloomers.
  • * The hybrid perpetual roses as a rule require to be pruned to within 4 to 6 inches of the ground.

    • Derived terms

    * perpetual motion

    Related terms

    * perpetuate

    References

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    plenty

    English

    Noun

  • A more than adequate amount.
    • We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty .
  • * 1798 , (Thomas Malthus), (An Essay on the Principle of Population):
    • 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 * plentiful

    Synonyms

    * abundance * profusion

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • More than enough.
    • I think six eggs should be plenty for this recipe.

    Usage notes

    See the notes about the noun.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • More than sufficiently.
    • This office is plenty big enough for our needs.
  • (label) , very.
    • She was plenty mad at him.
  • * 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]
    • Seeing clichés mimicked this skillfully is plenty hilarious.

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • (label) much, enough
    • There'll be plenty time later for that
  • (label) many
    • Get a manicure. Plenty men do it.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (label) plentiful
  • * 1597 , Shakespeare, Henry IV , Part I, Act I, Scene IV:
    • if reasons were as plenty as blackberries
  • * 1836 , The American Gardener's Magazine and Register , volume 2, page 279:
    • 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; [...]

    Related terms

    * plenitude * plentitude

    Anagrams

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    References

    1000 English basic words