different between expanse vs plenitude

English

Etymology

From Latin expansum, from expand?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?spæns/, /?k?spæns/

Noun

expanse (plural expanses)

1. A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
2. An amount of spread or stretch.

Related terms

• expand
• expansion

Translations

Latin

Participle

exp?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of exp?nsus

English

Etymology

From Middle English plenitude, that borrowed from Anglo-Norman plenitude, Middle French plenitude, and their source, Latin pl?nit?d?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pl?n?tju?d/

Noun

plenitude (countable and uncountable, plural plenitudes)

1. Fullness; completeness. [from 15th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 393:

     Louis ignored him, recalling the parlements to the plenitude of their powers on 23 September.

2. An abundance; a full supply. [from 17th c.]
   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 156]:

     Mankind's old greatness was created in scarcity. But what may we expect from plenitude?

3. (heraldry) Fullness (of the moon). [from 19th c.]

Derived terms

• plenitude principle
• plentitude

Related terms

• plenty
• plenitudine

Translations

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pl?nit?d?.

Noun

plenitude f (oblique plural plenitudes, nominative singular plenitude, nominative plural plenitudes)

1. plenitude; fullness

Descendants

• ? English: plenitude
• French: plénitude

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (plenitude, supplement)
• plenitude on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub