The difference between Plenty and Scant
When used as nouns, plenty means a more-than-adequate amount, whereas scant means a block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
When used as adverbs, plenty means more than sufficiently, whereas scant means with difficulty.
When used as adjectives, plenty means plentiful, whereas scant means very little, very few.
Plenty is also determiner with the meaning: much, enough.
Plenty is also pronoun with the meaning: more than enough.
Scant is also verb with the meaning: to limit in amount or share.
check bellow for the other definitions of Plenty and Scant
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Plenty as a noun:
A more-than-adequate amount.
Examples:
"We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty."
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Plenty as a pronoun:
More than enough.
Examples:
"I think six eggs should be plenty for this recipe."
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Plenty as an adverb:
More than sufficiently.
Examples:
"This office is plenty big enough for our needs."
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Plenty as an adverb (colloquial):
, very.
Examples:
"She was plenty mad at him."
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Plenty as an adjective (obsolete):
plentiful
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Scant as an adjective:
Very little, very few.
Examples:
"After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John."
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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"
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Scant as an adjective:
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
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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"
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Scant as a verb (intransitive):
To fail, or become less; to scantle.
Examples:
"The wind scants."
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Scant as a noun (masonry):
A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
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Scant as a noun (masonry):
A sheet of stone.
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Scant as a noun (wood):
A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
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Scant as an adverb:
With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
Examples:
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Scant as a noun:
Scarcity; lack.