different between exuberance vs affluence

English

Etymology

From French exubérance, from Latin exuberantia (“superabundance”), from exuberare (“to grow thickly, to abound”); from ex (“out”), and uber (“udder”), and originally would have referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ks?ju?.b???.?ns/, /???.?u?.b???.?ns/

Noun

exuberance (countable and uncountable, plural exuberances)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.
2. An instance of exuberant behaviour.
3. An overflowing quantity; superfluousness.

Synonyms

• ebullience

Translations

English

Etymology

From Old French affluence, from Latin affluentia.

Only relation to antonym indigence is common Latinate suffix; affluence only acquired sense of wealth in 16th century English and French, while indigent meant “poor” in Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æf.lu.?ns/

Noun

affluence (countable and uncountable, plural affluences)

1. (obsolete) An abundant flow or supply.
2. An abundance of wealth.

3. A moderate level of wealth.

4. An influx.

Synonyms

• richdom
• See also Thesaurus:wealth

Antonyms

• See also Thesaurus:poverty
• indigence

Derived terms

• affluenza

Related terms

• affluent

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin affluentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fly.??s/

Noun

affluence f (plural affluences)

1. crowds
2. abundance

Derived terms

• heure d'affluence

Related terms

• affluent
• affluer

Further reading

• “affluence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).