Populous vs Popularity - What's the difference?
populous | popularity |
Having a large population.
(of a, language) Spoken by a large number of people.
* Victoria Fromkin, ?Robert Rodman, ?Nina M. Hyams, An Introduction to Language (ISBN 1111784094), page 524:
Densely]] [[populate, populated.
Crowded with people.
The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book.
(archaic) The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity.
(archaic) Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap.
(obsolete) The act of courting the favour of the people.
(archaic) Public sentiment; general passion.
As an adjective populous
is having a large population.As a noun popularity is
the quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book.populous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- ''China is the most populous country in the world.
- Chinese is the most populous language.
- The Sino-Tibetan family includes Mandarin, the most populous language in the world, spoken by more than one billion Chinese.
- The Nile delta is a populous region.
- Airport departure halls are often populous places during the rush hours.
popularity
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en-noun)- This gallant laboring to avoid popularity falls into a habit of affectation. — Ben Jonson.
- Popularities , and circumstances which sway the ordinary judgment. — Bacon.
- Indicted for popularity and ambition. — Holland.
- A little time be allowed for the madness of popularity to cease. — Bancroft.