What's the difference between ample and liberal?

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.

Liberal


Definition:

  • (a.) Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or studies.
  • (a.) Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman; generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal giver.
  • (a.) Bestowed in a large way; hence, more than sufficient; abundant; bountiful; ample; profuse; as, a liberal gift; a liberal discharge of matter or of water.
  • (a.) Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the literal sense; free; as, a liberal translation of a classic, or a liberal construction of law or of language.
  • (a.) Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in spirit; catholic.
  • (a.) Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious.
  • (a.) Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion; not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the constitution or administration of government; having tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as, liberal thinkers; liberal Christians; the Liberal party.
  • (n.) One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so called. Cf. Whig.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The amount of stearic acid liberated was much larger than that of arachidonic acid between 30 s and 1 min of ischemia.
  • (2) Brown's model, which goes far further than those from any other senior Labour figure, and the modest new income tax powers for Holyrood devised when he was prime minister, edge the party much closer to the quasi-federal plans championed by the Liberal Democrats.
  • (3) By means of rapid planar Hill type antimony-bismuth thermophiles the initial heat liberated by papillary muscles was measured synchronously with developed tension for control (C), pressure-overload (GOP), and hypothyrotic (PTU) rat myocardium (chronic experiments) and after application of 10(-6) M isoproterenol or 200 10(-6) M UDCG-115.
  • (4) The cercaria, microcercous in type, is liberated and actively penetrates a second terrestrial pulmonate where development to the free metacercarial stage takes place in the pericardial cavity.
  • (5) The bacterial strains did not liberate free patulin from the adduct mixture present in the growth medium.
  • (6) The Chinese model of development, which combines political repression and economic liberalism, has attracted numerous admirers in the developing world.
  • (7) CCK-OP and PMA activated phospholipase A (PLA) which liberated lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) and free fatty acids from membrane phosphatidylcholine.
  • (8) Yet it is liberal Muslims such as Sadiq Khan who are best placed to challenge extremist views within their own communities.
  • (9) As he gears up to contest the Liberal Democrat seat of Gordon in north-east Scotland, Salmond effectively assumes a commanding role in the general election campaign.
  • (10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats have suffered a dramatic slump in support as a result of their role in the coalition and are now barely ahead of the Greens with an average rating of about 8% in the polls.
  • (11) The Liberal party received $320,000 from the Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association.
  • (12) The reactivity of the three disulphide bridges of insulin towards sodium sulphite was studied by amperometric titration of the liberated thiol groups.
  • (13) But, in a sign of tension within the coalition government, the Liberal Democrats home affairs spokesman, Tom Brake, told BBC2's Newsnight that "if [the offenders in question] had committed the same offence the day before the riots, they would not have received a sentence of that nature".
  • (14) ), like phenoxybenzamine, blocked responses to field stimulation, but failed to modify release and subsequent metabolism of NA liberated by field stimulation.8.
  • (15) There are a few seats, such as South Dorset and Braintree, where the Liberal Democrats are in third place and a third party revival would help the Conservatives to regain the seats lost to Labour but they are outnumbered by vulnerable Tory marginals.
  • (16) The results provide further in vivo evidence that ROI are causative agents in H liberation during reperfusion of the ischemic gut.
  • (17) The kidney KGA activity was compared with the urinary KGA activity, and the following properties were found to be the same: molecular dimension, pH optimum, effect of inhibitors, and ability to liberate kinins from kininogens.3.
  • (18) Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, People's Liberation Army's chief of the general staff Gen Fang Fenghui also warned that the US must be objective about tensions between China and Vietnam or risk harming relations between Washington and Beijing.
  • (19) The Dacre review panel, which included Sir Joseph Pilling, a retired senior civil servant, and the historian Prof Sir David Cannadine, said Britain now had one of the "less liberal" regimes in Europe for access to confidential government papers and that reform was needed to restore some trust between politicians and people.
  • (20) It’s likely Xi’s brand of smart authoritarianism will keep not just his party in power but the whole show on the road If all this were to succeed as intended, western liberal democratic capitalism would have a formidable ideological competitor with worldwide appeal, especially in the developing world.