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Replete vs Replenishing - What's the difference?

replete | replenishing |

As nouns the difference between replete and replenishing

is that replete is a honeypot ant while replenishing is replenishment.

As verbs the difference between replete and replenishing

is that replete is to restore something that has been depleted while replenishing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective replete

is abounding.

replete

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Abounding.
  • * 1730 , , "The Pheasant and the Lark":
    • A peacock reign'd, whose glorious sway
    His subjects with delight obey:
    His tail was beauteous to behold,
    Replete with goodly eyes and gold.
  • * 1759 , , Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia , ch. 12:
    • I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images.
  • * 1843 , , Martin Chuzzlewit , ch. 44:
    • "Salisbury Cathedral, my dear Jonas, . . . is an edifice replete with venerable associations."
  • * 1916 , , Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great Philosophers , "Seneca":
    • History is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers.
  • Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
  • * 1901 , , "Three Vagabonds of Trinidad" in Under the Redwoods :
    • And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals . . . .
  • * 1913 , , The Valley of the Moon , ch. 15:
    • In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said . . . .

    Synonyms

    * (abounding) plentiful, abundant * (gorged) stuffed

    Related terms

    * repletion

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A honeypot ant.

    • Verb

    (replet)
  • To restore something that has been depleted.
    • ----

    replenishing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • replenishment
  • * 1986 , Constance Pierce, When Things Get Back to Normal and Other Stories (page 212)
    • Or viewed another way, one pair in health (the French wife, the German husband), attacking the fish with gusto, talking all the time, gesturing enthusiastically with a knife in the air and ordering frequent replenishings of the wine;