Abound vs. Abundance — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Abound and Abundance
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Abound
To be great in number or amount
"In areas where scorpions abound, spider populations are generally kept in check" (Natalie Angier).
Abundance
A great or plentiful amount
An abundance of rain.
Abound
To have something in great numbers or amounts. Often used with in or with
"Neanderthal sites ... abound with artifacts, including scrapers, choppers, hand axes, and knives" (Philip and Carol Zaleski).
Abundance
The condition of being in rich supply
Bananas growing in abundance.
Abound
(intransitive) To be full to overflowing.
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Abundance
Degree of plentifulness
"Species of low abundance are ignored in the calculation of predominance" (William M. Lewis).
Abound
To be wealthy.
Abundance
(Chemistry) The amount of an isotope of an element that exists in nature, usually expressed as a percentage of the total amount of all isotopes of the element.
Abound
(intransitive) To be highly productive.
Abundance
Affluence; prosperity
Living in abundance.
Abound
(intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful.
Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.
Abundance
A large quantity; many.
Due to the abundance of art material, the class made a giant collage.
There is not a great abundance of time, so please don't dwadle.
Abound
(intransitive) To revel in.
Abundance
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
Abound
(intransitive) To be copiously supplied
The wilderness abounds in traps.
Abundance
Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
Abound
To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful.
The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe.
Where sin abounded grace did much more abound.
Abundance
Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
Abound
To be copiously supplied; - followed by in or with.
Men abounding in natural courage.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings.
It abounds with cabinets of curiosities.
Abundance
(card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
Abound
Be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities
Abundance
(Scotland) enough, sufficiency.
Abound
Be in a state of movement or action;
The room abounded with screaming children
The garden bristled with toddlers
Abundance
An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: - strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.
It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.
Abundance
The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply;
An age of abundance
Abundance
(physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present
Abundance
(chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million
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