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overabundance vs surplusage

surplusage vs overabundance

overabundance and surplusage both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
overabundance Yes No No No
surplusage Yes No No No
As nouns, surplusage is a hyponym of overabundance; that is, surplusage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than overabundance:
  • overabundance: a quantity that is more than what is appropriate
  • surplusage: a quantity much larger than is needed
Other hyponyms of overabundance include excess, nimiety, surplus, glut, oversupply, surfeit, bellyful.
overabundance (noun) surplusage (noun)
a quantity that is more than what is appropriate a quantity much larger than is needed
the state of being more than full
Difference between overabundance and surplusage

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