Superfluous vs. Surplus — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Superfluous and Surplus
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Superfluous
Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough
The purchaser should avoid asking for superfluous information
Surplus
An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply
Exports of food surpluses
Superfluous
Being beyond what is required or sufficient.
Surplus
More than what is needed or used; excess
Make the most of your surplus cash
The firm told 284 employees that they were surplus to requirements
Superfluous
In excess of what is required or sufficient.
With a full rain suit, carrying an umbrella may be superfluous.
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Surplus
Being more than or in excess of what is needed or required
Surplus grain.
Superfluous
More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price.
An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous.
Surplus
An amount or quantity in excess of what is needed.
Superfluous
Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;
Otiose lines in a play
Advice is wasted words
Surplus
Total assets minus the sum of all liabilities.
Superfluous
More than is needed, desired, or required;
Trying to lose excess weight
Found some extra change lying on the dresser
Yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
Skills made redundant by technological advance
Sleeping in the spare room
Supernumerary ornamentation
It was supererogatory of her to gloat
Delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
Extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
Surplus cheese distributed to the needy
Surplus
Excess of a corporation's net assets over the face value of its capital stock.
Surplus
Excess of receipts over expenditures.
Surplus
That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
Surplus
Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
Surplus
(legal) The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.
Surplus
(legal) assets left after liabilities and debts, including capital stock have been deducted.
Surplus
Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient.
Surplus population
Surplus words
The latest shipment of goods is surplus to our needs.
Surplus
(transitive) To treat as surplus to requirements; to sell off or dismiss from employment, etc.
Surplus
That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
Surplus
Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
Surplus
Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.
When the price of corn falleth, men give over surplus tillage, and break no more ground.
Surplus
A quantity much larger than is needed
Surplus
More than is needed, desired, or required;
Trying to lose excess weight
Found some extra change lying on the dresser
Yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
Skills made redundant by technological advance
Sleeping in the spare room
Supernumerary ornamentation
It was supererogatory of her to gloat
Delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
Extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
Surplus cheese distributed to the needy
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