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What is the difference between tome and voluminous?

tome | voluminous |

As a noun tome

is one in a series of volumes.

As a adjective voluminous is

of or pertaining to volume or volumes.

tome

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One in a series of volumes.
  • A large or scholarly book.
    • The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.

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    voluminous

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
  • Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
  • Of great volume, or bulk; large.
  • Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.