Plenty vs. Abundance — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Plenty and Abundance
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Plenty
A full or completely adequate amount or supply
Plenty of time.
Abundance
A great or plentiful amount
An abundance of rain.
Plenty
A large quantity or amount; an abundance
"Awards and honors came to her in plenty" (Joyce Carol Oates).
Abundance
The condition of being in rich supply
Bananas growing in abundance.
Plenty
A condition of general abundance or prosperity
"fruitful regions gladdened by plenty and lulled by peace!" (Samuel Johnson).
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Abundance
Degree of plentifulness
"Species of low abundance are ignored in the calculation of predominance" (William M. Lewis).
Plenty
Sufficiently; very
It's plenty hot.
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.
Plenty
Plentiful; abundant
"Ships were then not so plenty in those waters as now" (Herman Melville).
Abundance
Affluence; prosperity
Living in abundance.
Plenty
A more-than-adequate amount.
We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty.
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.
Plenty
More than enough.
I think six eggs should be plenty for this recipe.
Abundance
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
Plenty
(North America) More than sufficiently.
This office is plenty big enough for our needs.
Abundance
Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
Plenty
Used as an intensifier, very.
She was plenty mad at him.
Abundance
Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
Plenty
(nonstandard) much, enough
There'll be plenty time later for that
Abundance
(card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
Plenty
(nonstandard) many
Get a manicure. Plenty men do it.
Abundance
(Scotland) enough, sufficiency.
Plenty
(obsolete) plentiful
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.
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.
Abundance
The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply;
An age of abundance
Plenty
Plentiful; abundant.
If reasons were as plenty as blackberries.
Those countries where shrubs are plenty.
Abundance
(physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present
Plenty
A full supply;
There was plenty of food for everyone
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
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
Plenty
As much as necessary;
Have I eaten enough?
I've had plenty, thanks
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