Substantial vs Enough - What's the difference?
substantial | enough |
Having to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.
Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.
* "to do some substantial good, is the compensation for much incidental imperfection" - Cardinal Newman, The Rise and Progress of Universities
Corporeal; material; firm.
Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.
possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder.
Large in size, quantity, or value; as, a substantial amount of money; vast
Most important; essential.
Ample or full.
Significantly great.
Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
* Bible, (Gospel of Luke) xv. 17
* , chapter=16
, title= * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=15 Sufficiently.
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*, chapter=5
, title= Fully; quite; used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very .
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I know you well enough ; you are Signior Antonio.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
stop! Don't do that anymore, etc.
As an adjective substantial
is having to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.As a noun substantial
is anything having substance; an essential part.As a determiner enough is
sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.As an adverb enough is
sufficiently.As a pronoun enough is
a sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.As an interjection enough is
stop! don't do that anymore, etc.substantial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A substantial amount of people in this buliding
Derived terms
* consubstantial * insubstantial * substantiality * substantially * substantialnessenough
English
Alternative forms
* (l) * (l) (obsolete) * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)Determiner
(en determiner)- How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare!
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The preposterous altruism too!
citation, passage=‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough ! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’}}
Adverb
(head)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.}}
Usage notes
* As an adverb, enough always follows the verb it qualifies.Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- I have enough to keep me going .
Interjection
- Enough !