Productive vs Plentiful - What's the difference?
productive | plentiful | Related terms |
capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile
yielding good or useful results; constructive
of, or relating to the creation of goods or services
(linguistics, of an affix or word construction rule) consistently applicable to any of an open set of words
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(medicine) of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract
(medicine) of inflammation, producing new tissue
Existing in large number or ample amount.
Yielding abundance; fruitful.
* Francis Bacon
(obsolete) lavish; profuse; prodigal
* Francis Bacon
Productive is a related term of plentiful.
As adjectives the difference between productive and plentiful
is that productive is capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile while plentiful is existing in large number or ample amount.productive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Moreover, this relationship is a productive one, in the sense that when new Adjectives are created (e.g. ginormous'' concocted out of ''gigantic'' and ''enormous''), then the corresponding Adverb form (in this case ''ginormously'') can also be used. And in those exceptional cases where Adverbs do not end in ''-ly'', they generally have the same form as the corresponding Adjective, as with ''hard'', ''fast , etc.
Usage notes
In English, the plural suffix “-es” is productive' because it can be appended to an open set of words (singular nouns ending in sibilants). Thus, if a new word with that pattern becomes an English noun (e.g. *''examplex''), it would have a default plural (e.g. *''examplexes'') because “-es” is ' productive .Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* unproductive * nonproductive * destructive * baneful * ruinousReferences
* * ----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.