Smattering vs Profound - What's the difference?
smattering | profound |
A superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.
A small number or amount of something.
Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
* (rfdate),
Very deep; very serious
Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.
*
Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
* (rfdate),
* (rfdate),
Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
* (rfdate)
(obsolete) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
(obsolete) An abyss.
(obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
(obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
As nouns the difference between smattering and profound
is that smattering is a superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject while profound is (obsolete) the deep; the sea; the ocean.As verbs the difference between smattering and profound
is that smattering is while profound is (obsolete) to cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.As an adjective profound is
descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.smattering
English
Noun
- She knows a smattering of Greek, but not enough to carry on a conversation.
- There’s only a smattering of people who oppose the second amendment.
Synonyms
* (small amount) see also .Verb
(head)Anagrams
*profound
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A gulf profound
- Profound sciatica
- Of the profound corruption of this class there can be no doubt.
- What humble gestures! What profound reverence!
Noun
(-)- God in the fathomless profound / Hath all this choice commanders drowned. Sandys .
- (Milton)
Verb
(en verb)- (Sir Thomas Browne)
