Plenty vs. Flock — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Plenty and Flock
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Definitions
Plenty➦
A full or completely adequate amount or supply
Plenty of time.
Flock➦
A group of animals that live, travel, or feed together.
Plenty➦
A large quantity or amount; an abundance
"Awards and honors came to her in plenty" (Joyce Carol Oates).
Flock➦
A group of people under the leadership of one person, especially the members of a church.
Plenty➦
A condition of general abundance or prosperity
"fruitful regions gladdened by plenty and lulled by peace!" (Samuel Johnson).
Flock➦
A large crowd or number
A flock of visitors.
A flock of questions.
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Plenty➦
Sufficiently; very
It's plenty hot.
Flock➦
To stuff with waste wool or cotton.
Plenty➦
Plentiful; abundant
"Ships were then not so plenty in those waters as now" (Herman Melville).
Flock➦
To texture or pattern with pulverized wool or felt.
Plenty➦
A more-than-adequate amount.
We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty.
Flock➦
A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
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Plenty➦
More than enough.
I think six eggs should be plenty for this recipe.
Flock➦
A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but dated also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
Plenty➦
(North America) More than sufficiently.
This office is plenty big enough for our needs.
Flock➦
Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.herd/flock
Plenty➦
Used as an intensifier, very.
She was plenty mad at him.
Flock➦
A large number of people.
Plenty➦
(nonstandard) much, enough
There'll be plenty time later for that
Flock➦
(Christianity) A religious congregation.
Plenty➦
(nonstandard) many
Get a manicure. Plenty men do it.
Flock➦
Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
Plenty➦
(obsolete) plentiful
Flock➦
A lock of wool or hair.
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.
Flock➦
Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.
Plenty➦
Plentiful; abundant.
If reasons were as plenty as blackberries.
Those countries where shrubs are plenty.
Flock➦
(intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
People flocked to the cinema to see the new film.
Plenty➦
A full supply;
There was plenty of food for everyone
Flock➦
To flock to; to crowd.
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
Flock➦
To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
Plenty➦
As much as necessary;
Have I eaten enough?
I've had plenty, thanks
Flock➦
(transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap.
The sampling and elution advantages of flocked swabs versus spun swabs
Flock➦
To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.
Flock➦
A company or collection of living creatures; - especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl.
The heathen . . . came to Nicanor by flocks.
Flock➦
A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.
As half amazed, half frighted all his flock.
Flock➦
A lock of wool or hair.
I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point [pommel].
Flock➦
Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose.
Flock➦
To gather in companies or crowds.
Friends daily flock.
Flock➦
To flock to; to crowd.
Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so.
Flock➦
To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock.
Flock➦
A church congregation guided by a pastor
Flock➦
A group of birds
Flock➦
(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
Flock➦
An orderly crowd;
A troop of children
Flock➦
A group of sheep or goats
Flock➦
Move as a crowd or in a group;
Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears
Flock➦
Come together as in a cluster or flock;
The poets constellate in this town every summer
