Abundance vs. Overflow — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Abundance and Overflow
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Abundance
A great or plentiful amount
An abundance of rain.
Overflow
To flow or run over the top, brim, or banks
The river overflowed and flooded surrounding neighborhoods.
Abundance
The condition of being in rich supply
Bananas growing in abundance.
Overflow
To be filled beyond capacity, as a container or waterway.
Abundance
Degree of plentifulness
"Species of low abundance are ignored in the calculation of predominance" (William M. Lewis).
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Overflow
To have a boundless supply; be superabundant.
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.
Overflow
The spillage resultant from overflow; excess.
Abundance
Affluence; prosperity
Living in abundance.
Overflow
Outlet for escape of excess material.
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.
Overflow
(computing) The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.
Abundance
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
Overflow
(transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
The river overflowed the levee.
Abundance
Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
Overflow
(transitive) To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
The flash flood overflowed most of the parkland and some homes.
Abundance
Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
Overflow
(transitive) To cause an overflow. en
Abundance
(card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
Overflow
(intransitive) To flow over the edge of a container.
The waters overflowed into the Ninth Ward.
Abundance
(Scotland) enough, sufficiency.
Overflow
(intransitive) To exceed limits or capacity.
The hospital ER was overflowing with flu cases.
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.
Overflow
To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range.
Calculating 255+1 will overflow an eight-bit byte.
Abundance
The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply;
An age of abundance
Overflow
(intransitive) To be superabundant; to abound.
Abundance
(physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present
Overflow
To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
The northern nations overflowed all Christendom.
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
Overflow
To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
Overflow
To run over the bounds.
Overflow
To be superabundant; to abound.
Overflow
A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
Overflow
That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.
Overflow
An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
Overflow
A large flow
Overflow
The occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
Overflow
Flow or run over (a limit or brim)
Overflow
Overflow with a certain feeling;
The children bubbled over with joy
My boss was bubbling over with anger
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