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Enough vs. Sufficient

Enough and Sufficient Definitions

Enough

Sufficient to meet a need or satisfy a desire; adequate
Enough work to keep us all busy.

Sufficient

Being as much as is needed; adequate; enough.

Enough

To a satisfactory amount or degree; sufficiently
Is the fish cooked enough?.

Sufficient

(Archaic) Competent; qualified.

Enough

Very; fully; quite
We were glad enough to leave.

Sufficient

An adequate quantity of; enough.
We have sufficient supplies to last the winter.
There is not sufficient access to the Internet in many small rural villages.
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Enough

Tolerably; rather
She sang well enough, but the show was a failure.

Sufficient

(as pronoun) A quantity (of something) that is as large as is needed.
We don't need any more; we already have sufficient.
Sufficient of us are against this idea that we should stop now.

Enough

Used to express impatience or exasperation
You've been practicing the guitar all afternoon. Enough!.

Sufficient

Of a type or kind that suffices, that satisfies requirements or needs.
This is a necessary condition but not a sufficient one.

Enough

Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
I've already had enough coffee today.
There is food enough for us all (old-fashioned) .

Sufficient

Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.
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Enough

Sufficiently.
I cannot run fast enough to catch up to them.
Are you man enough to fight me?
You've worked enough; rest for a bit.

Sufficient

(archaic) Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.

Enough

Fully; quite; used after adjectives to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very.
He is ready enough to accept the offer.

Sufficient

(obsolete) Having enough money to meet obligations and live comfortably.

Enough

Used after certain adverbs to emphasise that a quality is notable, unexpected, etc.
Talking of Mr Smith, funnily enough, I saw him just the other day.
I left my camera on the train, but luckily enough someone handed it in to lost property.

Sufficient

Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country.
My grace is sufficient for thee.
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Enough

A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
I have enough (of it) to keep me going.
Enough of you are here to begin the class.
Get some more plates. There aren’t enough yet.
Not enough is known yet about the causes of the pandemic.
There wasn't enough of an economic surplus.

Sufficient

Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.
Who is sufficient for these things?

Enough

Stop! Don't do that any more!
I'm sick of you complaining! Enough!

Sufficient

Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.
The man is, notwithstanding, sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond.

Enough

An instance of being sufficient, or of doing something sufficiently.

Sufficient

Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content.
Thou art the most sufficient (I'll say for thee),Not to believe a thing.

Enough

Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; - usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs.
How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare!

Sufficient

Of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant;
Sufficient food

Enough

In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently.

Enough

Fully; quite; - used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer.
I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio.
Thou knowest well enough . . . that this is no time to lend money.

Enough

In a tolerable degree; - used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough.

Enough

A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself.
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother.

Enough

An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.

Enough

An adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose;
Enough is as good as a feast
There is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country

Enough

Enough to meet a purpose;
An adequate income
The food was adequate
A decent wage
Enough food
Food enough

Enough

As much as necessary;
Have I eaten enough?
I've had plenty, thanks

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