different between abounding vs copious

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

abounding (comparative more abounding, superlative most abounding)

1. Ample, plenty, abundant.

   abounding food

   an abounding stream

Derived terms

• aboundingly

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Verb

abounding

1. present participle of abound

Noun

abounding (plural aboundings)

1. An abundance.
   • 1678, John Collinges, Several Discourses Concerning the Actual Providence of God

     Sin in its own nature tendeth to nothing, but the ruine and eternal destruction of a Soul: it must be from the aboundings of grace, if any good come to the soul from sin […]

English

Etymology

From Middle English copious, from Latin copiosus, copia (“abundance”), from co- + ops (“wealth”) + -osus (“full of”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ko?pi.?s/
• Rhymes: -??pi?s

Adjective

copious (comparative more copious, superlative most copious)

1. Vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 18.

     These loose hints I have thrown together, in order to excite the curiosity of philosophers, and beget a suspicion at least, if not a full persuasion, that this subject is very copious,

2. Having an abundant supply.
3. Full of thought, information, or matter; exuberant in words, expression, or style.

Derived terms

• copiously
• copiousness

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