What's the difference between ample and full?

Ample


Definition:

  • (a.) Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
  • (a.) Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.
  • (a.) Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After the first stage of analysis the spin systems of 60 of the 77 residues were assigned to the appropriate residue type, providing an ample basis for subsequent sequence-specific assignments.
  • (2) Throughout the five stages, the student has ample opportunity for expression and self-evaluation in the counseling sessions that accompany each stage.
  • (3) Thirty mg was an ample in dose of PGF2alpha to cause luteolysis.
  • (4) Despite ample evidence of need for specialized psychiatric services in the nursing home setting, the majority of patients who could benefit from such care do not receive it.
  • (5) Fewer, but still ample numbers, of SP-reactive axons are present also in the ventral tegmental and retrorubral areas of the midbrain tegmentum and in the ventral pallidum of the basal forebrain, but only sparse ME-reactive axons are present in these areas.
  • (6) Treatment of the acute phase in which ample use is made of colchicine must be followed by medical and dietary treatment of the chronic condition.
  • (7) It is understood García will be given ample time to make a full recovery and may be given an extended leave of absence if required.
  • (8) Despite uncertainties and differences in interpretation of various cancer studies, there is ample justification for public health measures now in place or proposed, such as restriction or elimination of smoking in the workplace and in public places.
  • (9) Despite the presence of ample drug on the cell membrane, the conjugate alone was not cytotoxic over the course of several days.
  • (10) Ample sensitivity is accomplished with a simple fluorometer by selecting a combination of Schott bandpass filters with high-transmittance characteristics at appropriate wavelengths.
  • (11) There are two fantasies about the British countryside that were given ample play in last week's furious debates about the rights and wrongs of building there.
  • (12) Hardly a surprise given ample spare capacity and in many cases continued credit rationing.
  • (13) The few that remain benefit from ample provisions, friendly volunteers and cardboard-and-curtain partitions designed by the world-famous architect, Shigeru Ban .
  • (14) Nitromethane (NM) and 2-nitropropane (2-NP) and versatile compounds employed in a wide variety of industrial applications, thus providing ample opportunity for occupational exposure.
  • (15) The main nutrition consideration during the all-day meet is fluid replacement, and swimmers should be encouraged to drink ample water, especially when in a hot environment.
  • (16) The data points were accurate to about 0.03 mm in each of the three space directions, allowing ample resolution of surface detail.
  • (17) Without hormonal treatment, the interstitial gland expressed ample amounts of P-450scc.
  • (18) A special purpose operating system, implemented on a stand-alone computer configuration, allows a high data-acquisition rate and ample data processing capacity.
  • (19) The selection process takes place during T cell maturation, in the absence of antigen and under the dominant influence of the thymus, even though there is ample evidence for selective pressure in the extrathymic environment.
  • (20) The US embassy and Nato forces in Afghanistan did not comment, but they have previously said there is "ample evidence" to suspect all the men of a role in attacks that killed or wounded 60 foreign soldiers and 57 Afghans.

Full


Definition:

  • (Compar.) Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people.
  • (Compar.) Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in. quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture.
  • (Compar.) Not wanting in any essential quality; complete, entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon.
  • (Compar.) Sated; surfeited.
  • (Compar.) Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
  • (Compar.) Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project.
  • (Compar.) Filled with emotions.
  • (Compar.) Impregnated; made pregnant.
  • (n.) Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree.
  • (adv.) Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.
  • (v. i.) To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at midnight.
  • (n.) To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill.
  • (v. i.) To become fulled or thickened; as, this material fulls well.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
  • (2) On the other hand, the LAP level, identical in preterms and SDB, is lower than in full-term infants but higher than in adults.
  • (3) The issue of the Schizophrenia Bulletin is devoted to articles representing this full range of conceptual and empirical work on first-episode psychosis.
  • (4) A full-length cDNA encoding porcine heart aconitase was derived from lambda gt10 recombinant clones and by amplification of the 5' end of the mRNA.
  • (5) It is suggested that the results indicate the need for full haematological screening of all patients with recurrent aphthae.
  • (6) Lactate-induced anxiety and symptom attacks without panic were seen more often in the groups with panic attacks, but a full-blown panic attack was provoked in only four subjects, all belonging to the groups with a history of panic attacks.
  • (7) The data for the eubacterial ribosomes are in full agreement with the model of the 50S protein topography derived from immunological data.
  • (8) We present a mathematical model that is suitable to reconcile this apparent contradiction in the interpretation of the epidemiological data: the observed parallel time series for the spread of AIDS in groups with different risk of infection can be realized by computer simulation, if one assumes that the outbreak of full-blown AIDS only occurs if HIV and a certain infectious coagent (cofactor) CO are present.
  • (9) A full-scale war is unlikely but there is clear concern in Seoul about the more realistic threat of a small-scale attack on the South Korean military or a group of islands near the countries' disputed maritime border in the Yellow Sea.
  • (10) Full consideration should be given to the dynamics of motion when assessing risk factors in working tasks.
  • (11) The patient presented in coma but regained full consciousness over the next six hours with supportive therapy.
  • (12) Full activity could be restored by addition of nanogram amounts of endotoxin or of FCS before assay.
  • (13) It was not possible to offer all very low birthweight infants full intensive care; to make this possible, it was calculated that resources would have to increase by 26%.
  • (14) Knapman concluded that the 40-year-old designer, whose full name was Lee Alexander McQueen, "killed himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed".
  • (15) In a newspaper interview last month, Shapps said the BBC needed to tackle what he said was a culture of secrecy, waste and unbalanced reporting if it hoped to retain the full £3.6bn raised by the licence fee after the current Royal Charter expires in 2016.
  • (16) In granulosa cells containing full aromatase activity, treatment with cortisol and dexamethasone did not inhibit aromatization of androstenedione to estrogens whereas two known aromatase inhibitors (dihydrotestosterone and 4-androstene-3, 6, 17-trione) were effective.
  • (17) To evaluate the first full year of operation of the rural registrar scheme by comparing the educational activities undertaken by the participating rural general practitioners with those undertaken in the previous year.
  • (18) When the transcriptional activity of these proteins was examined it was found that carboxyl-truncated Myb is more effective as a transcriptional activator than full-length or amino-truncated Myb.
  • (19) The peptides, which were synthesized using a FMOC solid phase procedure and purified by HPLC, consisted of residues 6-25 from the putative aqueous domain, residues 22-35, which overlaps the putative aqueous and transmembrane domains, and residues 1-38 and 1-40 representing nearly the full length of beta-AP.
  • (20) Here's Dominic's full story: US unemployment rate drops to lowest level in six years as 288,000 jobs added Michael McKee (@mckonomy) BNP economists say jobless rate would have been 6.8% if not for drop in participation rate May 2, 2014 2.20pm BST ING's Rob Carnell is also struck by the "extraordinary weakness" of US wage growth .