plenty vs scant

plenty

pron
  • More than enough. 

adv
  • More than sufficiently. 

  • Used as an intensifier, very. 

noun
  • A more-than-adequate amount. 

det
  • much, enough 

  • many 

scant

det
  • Very little, very few. 

adj
  • Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager. 

  • Sparing; parsimonious; chary. 

noun
  • A sheet of stone. 

  • Scarcity; lack. 

  • A small piece or quantity. 

  • A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size. 

  • A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. 

verb
  • To fail, or become less; to scantle. 

  • To limit in amount or share; to stint. 

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