Ample vs. Plenty
Difference Between Ample and Plenty
Ample➦
Of large or great size, amount, extent, or capacity
an ample living room.
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Plenty➦
A full or completely adequate amount or supply
plenty of time.
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Ample➦
Fully sufficient to meet a need or purpose
had ample food for the party.
was given ample time to decide.
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Plenty➦
A large quantity or amount; an abundance
"Awards and honors came to her in plenty" (Joyce Carol Oates).
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Ample➦
Plump or bulky
"Her ample body was not the desired shape in a culture of thinness" (Pamela E. Klassen).
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Plenty➦
A condition of general abundance or prosperity
"fruitful regions gladdened by plenty and lulled by peace!" (Samuel Johnson).
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Ample➦
A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough.
We have ample time to finish the task.
It is a large house with ample space for all of us.
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Plenty➦
Sufficiently; very
It's plenty hot.
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Ample➦
(as pronoun) A quantity (of something) that is fully sufficient; plenty.
We don't need any more. We already have ample.
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Plenty➦
Plentiful; abundant
"Ships were then not so plenty in those waters as now" (Herman Melville).
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Ample➦
Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.
We have an ample supply of water
She has a very ample bosom.
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Plenty➦
A more-than-adequate amount.
We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty.
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Ample➦
Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive
an ample story
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Plenty➦
More than enough.
I think six eggs should be plenty for this recipe.
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Ample➦
Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
All the people in that ample houseDid to that image bow their humble knees.
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Plenty➦
(North America) More than sufficiently.
This office is plenty big enough for our needs.
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Ample➦
Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.
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Plenty➦
Used as an intensifier, very.
She was plenty mad at him.
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Ample➦
Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative.
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Plenty➦
(nonstandard) much, enough
There'll be plenty time later for that
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Ample➦
more than enough in size or scope or capacity;
had ample food for the party
an ample supply
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Plenty➦
(nonstandard) many
Get a manicure. Plenty men do it.
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Ample➦
affording an abundant supply;
had ample food for the party
copious provisions
food is plentiful
a plenteous grape harvest
a rich supply
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Plenty➦
(obsolete) plentiful
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Ample➦
fairly large;
a sizable fortune
an ample waistline
of ample proportions
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Plenty➦
Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness.
Houses of office stuffed with plentee.
The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world.
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Plenty➦
Plentiful; abundant.
If reasons were as plenty as blackberries.
Those countries where shrubs are plenty.
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Plenty➦
a full supply;
there was plenty of food for everyone
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Plenty➦
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
a batch of letters
a deal of trouble
a lot of money
he made a mint on the stock market
it must have cost plenty
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Plenty➦
as much as necessary;
Have I eaten enough?
I've had plenty, thanks
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