Superfluity vs Obstruction - What's the difference?
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The quality or state of being superfluous; in excess or overabundance.
Something superfluous, as a luxury.
(rare) Collective noun for a group of nuns.
* 1905 , Herbert A. Evans, Highways and Byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds , Macmillan and Co, (1905),
* 2011 , Sam Cullen, The Odd Bunnies ,
* 2012 , Beth Yarnall, Rush , Crimson Romance (2012), ISBN 9781440554223,
The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.
The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.
Superfluity is a related term of obstruction.
As nouns the difference between superfluity and obstruction
is that superfluity is the quality or state of being superfluous; in excess or overabundance while obstruction is the act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.superfluity
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- These probably mark the dwelling of a colony, or to speak more precisely, according to Dame Juliana Berners, a superfluity of nuns from Godstow, which nunnery had a cell there, and was patron of the living.
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- Alice put Anna back on the shelf and turned up the volume on the TV, where a local news reporter was imparting a salutary tale of woe involving a superfluity of nuns who'd got into a scrape at a crab festival.
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- That man could charm the panties off a superfluity of nuns.”
