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Plenitude vs Copious - What's the difference?

plenitude | copious |

As a noun plenitude

is fullness, plenitude.

As an adjective copious is

great in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.

plenitude

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Fullness; completeness.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 393:
    • Louis ignored him, recalling the parlements to the plenitude of their powers on 23 September.
  • An abundance; a full supply.
  • (heraldry) Fullness (of the moon).

    • Derived terms

    * plenitude principle * plentitude

    copious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Great in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. ยง 18.
    • These loose hints I have thrown together, in order to excite the curiosity of philosophers, and beget a suspicion at least, if not a full persuasion, that this subject is very copious ,
  • Having an abundant supply.
  • Full of thought, information, or matter; exuberant in words, expression, or style.

    • Related terms

    * copiously * copiousness

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