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
