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Spate vs Plethora - What's the difference?

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Spate is a related term of plethora.


As nouns the difference between spate and plethora

is that spate is while plethora is (usually|followed by of) an excessive amount or number; an abundance.

spate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
  • * 17thC , '', from a Latin original, published in ''Collected works of Sir Thomas Browne (1836),
  • Only let your language match your subject, then it will be shapely and free; but take care all the time not to overwhelm your work in a spate of words to attain the fluency of Isaeus; and that it slip not out too freely, avoid the danger of Strada.
  • * c.1856-1885 , ,
  • The last tall son of Lot and Bellicent,
    And tallest, Gareth, in a showerful spring
    Stared at the spate . A slender-shafted Pine
    Lost footing, fell, and so was whirled away.
  • * 1900 , ,
  • At Odendaal, where he had hoped to cross, the river was in spate , the British flag waved from a post upon the further side, and a strong force of expectant Guardsmen eagerly awaited him there.
  • * 1902 , ,
  • The glacial drip was already in evidence, and every creek in roaring spate .
  • * 1910 , ,
  • At the edge of the burn, where the path turns downward, there is a patch of shingle washed up by some spate .
  • A sudden rush or increase.
  • * 1887 , '', in ''The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables ,
  • He couldnae weel tell how - maybe it was the cauld to his feet - but it cam' in upon him wi' a spate that there was some connection between thir twa, an' that either or baith o' them were bogles.
  • * 1964 , United States Supreme Court, ,
  • The spate of similar cases filed and decided by lower courts since our decision in Baker [v. Carr] amply shows that the problem of state legislative malapportionment is one that is perceived to exist in a large number of the States.
  • * 2009 April, ,
  • A recent spate of controversies, including Chinese mineral giant Chinalco’s Rio Tinto bid and revelations of hushed meetings between the Chinese propaganda chief and Australian media bosses, have once again brought the issue of our deepening relationship with China to the fore.
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    plethora

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually, followed by of) An excessive amount or number; an abundance.
  • The menu offers a plethora of cuisines from around the world.
  • * Jeffrey
  • He labours under a plethora of wit and imagination.
  • (medicine, archaic) An excess of red blood cells or bodily humours.
  • Quotations

    * 1849 , *: I pushed my seat right up before the most insolent gazer, a short fat man, with a plethora of cravat round his neck, and fixing my gaze on his, gave him more gazes than he sent. * 1927 , (The Aftermath of Gothic Fiction) *: Meanwhile other hands had not been idle, so that above the dreary plethora of trash like Marquis von Grosse's Horrid Mysteries ..., there arose many memorable weird works both in English and German.

    Synonyms

    * glut, myriad, surfeit, superfluity, slew

    See also

    * myriad

    References

    * “ plethora]” listed in the [2nd Ed.; 1989
    Pronounced: .

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