different between profuse vs copious

English

Etymology

From Latin profusus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???fju?s/
• Rhymes: -u?s

Adjective

profuse (comparative more profuse, superlative most profuse)

1. In great quantity or abundance; liberal or generous to the point of excess.

Translations

Verb

profuse (third-person singular simple present profuses, present participle profusing, simple past and past participle profused)

1. (obsolete) To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.fyz/
• Homophone: profuses

Adjective

profuse

1. feminine singular of profus

Italian

Verb

profuse

1. third-person singular past historic of profondere

profuse

1. feminine plural of profuso

Latin

Adjective

prof?se

1. vocative masculine singular of prof?sus

References

• profuse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• profuse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• profuse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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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