The difference between Ample and Scant

When used as adjectives, ample means large, whereas scant means very little, very few.

Scant is also noun with the meaning: a block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.

Scant is also adverb with the meaning: with difficulty.

Scant is also verb with the meaning: to limit in amount or share.

check bellow for the other definitions of Ample and Scant

Ample as an adjective:

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.

Examples:

"an ample house"
Ample as an adjective:

Fully sufficient; abundant; plenty

Examples:

"an ample amount"

"an ample supply of water"

"'ample time"

"'ample material"

"'ample numbers"

"'ample space"

"'ample wealth"
Ample as an adjective:

Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive

Examples:

"an ample story"

Scant as an adjective:

Very little, very few.

Examples:

"After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John."
Scant as an adjective:

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.

Examples:

"a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment"
Scant as an adjective:

Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Scant as a verb (transitive):

To limit in amount or share; to stint.

Examples:

"to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries"
Scant as a verb (intransitive):

To fail, or become less; to scantle.

Examples:

"The wind scants."

Scant as a noun (masonry):

A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
Scant as a noun (masonry):

A sheet of stone.
Scant as a noun (wood):

A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

Scant as an adverb:

With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

Examples:

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