Enough vs. Ample — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Enough and Ample
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Enough
As much or as many as required
Getting enough of the right things to eat
There will be time enough to tell you when we meet
Too much work and not enough people to do it
There was just enough room for two cars
Ample
Of large or great size, amount, extent, or capacity
An ample living room.
Enough
As much or as many as required
Too much work and not enough people to do it
There was just enough room for two cars
Getting enough of the right things to eat
There will be time enough to tell you when we meet
Ample
Fully sufficient to meet a need or purpose
Had ample food for the party.
Was given ample time to decide.
Enough
To the required degree or extent (used after an adjective, adverb, or verb)
You're not big enough for basketball
Before he was old enough to shave
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Ample
Plump or bulky
"Her ample body was not the desired shape in a culture of thinness" (Pamela E. Klassen).
Enough
Sufficient to meet a need or satisfy a desire; adequate
Enough work to keep us all busy.
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.
Enough
To a satisfactory amount or degree; sufficiently
Is the fish cooked enough?.
Ample
(as pronoun) A quantity (of something) that is fully sufficient; plenty.
We don't need any more. We already have ample.
Enough
Very; fully; quite
We were glad enough to leave.
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.
Enough
Tolerably; rather
She sang well enough, but the show was a failure.
Ample
Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive
An ample story
Enough
Used to express impatience or exasperation
You've been practicing the guitar all afternoon. Enough!.
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.
Enough
Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
I've already had enough coffee today.
There is food enough for us all (old-fashioned) .
Ample
Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.
Enough
Sufficiently.
I cannot run fast enough to catch up to them.
Are you man enough to fight me?
You've worked enough; rest for a bit.
Ample
Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative.
Enough
Fully; quite; used after adjectives to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very.
He is ready enough to accept the offer.
Ample
More than enough in size or scope or capacity;
Had ample food for the party
An ample supply
Enough
Used after certain adverbs to emphasise that a quality is notable, unexpected, etc.
Talking of Mr Smith, funnily enough, I saw him just the other day.
I left my camera on the train, but luckily enough someone handed it in to lost property.
Ample
Affording an abundant supply;
Had ample food for the party
Copious provisions
Food is plentiful
A plenteous grape harvest
A rich supply
Enough
A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
I have enough (of it) to keep me going.
Enough of you are here to begin the class.
Get some more plates. There aren’t enough yet.
Not enough is known yet about the causes of the pandemic.
There wasn't enough of an economic surplus.
Ample
Fairly large;
A sizable fortune
An ample waistline
Of ample proportions
Enough
Stop! Don't do that any more!
I'm sick of you complaining! Enough!
Enough
An instance of being sufficient, or of doing something sufficiently.
Enough
Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; - usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs.
How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare!
Enough
In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently.
Enough
Fully; quite; - used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer.
I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio.
Thou knowest well enough . . . that this is no time to lend money.
Enough
In a tolerable degree; - used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough.
Enough
A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself.
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother.
Enough
An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.
Enough
An adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose;
Enough is as good as a feast
There is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country
Enough
Enough to meet a purpose;
An adequate income
The food was adequate
A decent wage
Enough food
Food enough
Enough
As much as necessary;
Have I eaten enough?
I've had plenty, thanks
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