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What is the difference between superabundant and abundant?

superabundant | abundant |

Superabundant is a derived term of abundant.


As adjectives the difference between superabundant and abundant

is that superabundant is extremely or exceedingly abundant while abundant is fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing .

superabundant

English

Adjective

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  • Extremely or exceedingly abundant.
  • At one time bison on the American plains were not merely abundant but superabundant , they seemed inexhaustible.
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    abundant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete) abundaunt * (obsolete) habundaunt * (obsolete) habundant

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
  • * [W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation. — Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination
  • Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
  • * Abundant in goodness and truth. — Exodus, 34:6
  • (mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
  • Usage notes

    * (richly supplied) Normally followed by the word in' or (obsolete) ' of .

    Synonyms

    * ample (see here for explanation of distinctions) * bountiful * copious * exuberant * liberal * overflowing * plenteous * plentiful * profuse * rich * teeming * See also

    Antonyms

    * rare * scarce * (math) deficient

    Derived terms

    * abundant number * abundantly * superabundant

    References

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