different between profuse vs extensive
profuse
English
Etymology
From Latin profusus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???fju?s/
- Rhymes: -u?s
Adjective
profuse (comparative more profuse, superlative most profuse)
- 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)
- (obsolete) To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.fyz/
- Homophone: profuses
Adjective
profuse
- feminine singular of profus
Italian
Verb
profuse
- third-person singular past historic of profondere
profuse
- feminine plural of profuso
Latin
Adjective
prof?se
- 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
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extensive
English
Etymology
From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extens?vus, from Latin extensus.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?ks?t?n.s?v/
Adjective
extensive (comparative more extensive, superlative most extensive)
- having a great extent; covering a large area; vast
- (figuratively) considerable in amount.
- I have done extensive research on the subject.
- Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension
- (physics) Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
Derived terms
- extensive property
Related terms
- extend
- extense
- extent
Translations
See also
- intensive
French
Adjective
extensive
- feminine singular of extensif
Latin
Adjective
ext?ns?ve
- vocative masculine singular of ext?ns?vus
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