Superfluous vs Sumptuous - What's the difference?
superfluous | sumptuous |
In excess of what is required or sufficient.
Magnificent, luxurious, splendid.
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As adjectives the difference between superfluous and sumptuous
is that superfluous is in excess of what is required or sufficient while sumptuous is magnificent, luxurious, splendid.superfluous
English
Adjective
(-)- With a full rain suit, carrying an umbrella may be superfluous .
Synonyms
* excessive, extraneous, extra, pleonastic, supernumerary, surplus, unnecessary, extravagantCoordinate terms
* gratuitoussumptuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small,
- He sees his little lot the lot of all;
- Sees no contiguous palace rear its head
- To shame the meanness of his humble shed;
- No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal
- To make him loathe his vegetable meal;
citation, passage=I wandered on until I came to a sumptuous palace with a garden adorned with fountains and fishponds, and groves and flowers, and orchards laden with delicious fruit.}}
citation, page= , passage=Cabaye pulled all the strings in a dominant home performance and capped a majestic individual display with a sumptuous first-time finish into the far corner for his second goal of the afternoon.}}