Plentiful vs Innumerable - What's the difference?
plentiful | innumerable | Related terms |
Existing in large number or ample amount.
Yielding abundance; fruitful.
* Francis Bacon
(obsolete) lavish; profuse; prodigal
* Francis Bacon
Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.
* (Mark Twain), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Plentiful is a related term of innumerable.
As adjectives the difference between plentiful and innumerable
is that plentiful is existing in large number or ample amount while innumerable is not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.plentiful
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Alternative forms
* plentifull (archaic)Adjective
(en-adj)- a plentiful harvest
- a plentiful supply of water
- She accumulated a plentiful collection of books.
- Some years, the tree is a plentiful source of apples.
- If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year.
- He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from decay.
Synonyms
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* * *innumerable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Soon we could see the innumerable banners fluttering, and then the sun struck the sea of armor and set it all aflash.