What's the difference between ample and sizable?

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.

Sizable


Definition:

  • (a.) Of considerable size or bulk.
  • (a.) Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber; sizable bulk.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) If Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, who bought the island in 1738, were to return today he would doubtless recognise the scene, though he might be surprised that his small private buildings have grown into a sizable hotel.
  • (2) Thus, the presence of a sizable group of individuals, with a clinically significant different metabolism of 1,4-dihydropyridine due to genetic factors is unlikely.
  • (3) In this second report a sizable proportion of the men reported a history of otitis or otorrhea but had normal tympanic membranes.
  • (4) A sizable number of Americans (many of low income) lack health insurance, and their ranks grew over the 1980s.
  • (5) Yet, on both Saturday and Sunday, the opposition appeared unable to organise the sizable anti-election rally it had promised.
  • (6) Sizable deposits of calcium in the region of the mitral anulus, posterior to the mitral valve, appeared to contribute to the outflow tract narrowing.
  • (7) The first two methods did not markedly affect alcohol consumption despite a sizable decrease in the brain 5-hydroxytryptamine level: 69 per cent in the raphé-lesioned group and 31 per cent in the 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine-treated group.
  • (8) These two experimental approaches provide direct evidence for the presence in cultured rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells of a sizable pool of alpha 1-adrenergic receptors in excess of those needed for maximum NE-stimulated 45Ca efflux.
  • (9) The promise of recovery with short-term, focused intervention appears to be misleading, as a sizable proportion of patients with pathologic grief will be unresponsive to treatment.
  • (10) In fact, the issue of whether the LDF is activated by the abdominals or the latissimus dorsi is irrelevant because neither strategy appeared able to generate sizable extensor moments in the type of lift studied.
  • (11) Our results suggest that at least a sizable portion of the active center of the enzyme responsible of biosynthesis of ceramide-phosphoethanolamine is located on the external side of liver plasma membrane and that the other is embedded in the membrane interior and is not accessible to trypsin, even in the presence of detergent.
  • (12) A sizable portion of their energies was expended in enhancing the quality of life in their communities and the nation.
  • (13) A sizable list of agents that increase cyclic AMP levels now includes adenosine (Ra), epinephrine (beta), glucocorticosteroids, histamine (H2), prostaglandins (A, E), and bacterial products (lipopolysaccharide, cholera toxin).
  • (14) Cattle tuberculosis was eradicated in Denmark more than 10 years ago, but still a sizable proportion of Danish tuberculin reactors owe their sensitivity to tuberculous infection derived from bovine sources.
  • (15) A sizable segment of the population was found to be taking large quantities of vitamin C to reduce the number or severity of upper respiratory infections.
  • (16) Combining technologies allowed us to continue taking advantage of our sizable investment in money, time, and customization while providing a microcomputer-based report module.
  • (17) Partial competition, or some interaction for the same or overlapping sites, was characterized by an extent of fluorescence quenching in the presence of two quinones that was more effective than either quinone alone but not as sizable as that expected when the two quinones act independently.
  • (18) A collateral benefit was a sizable posttraining decrease in the amount of stuttering.
  • (19) Several radiation surveys, at medical linear accelerator facilities where lead or steel had been used with concrete to fabricate the primary barriers, revealed the existence of a sizable neutron field outside the shielding.
  • (20) None of the studies discussed has considered the possibility that the link between life events and heavy drinking reflects the activities of a sizable subgroup of women described as "sociopathic" alcoholics, the disturbance producing an excess of both events and excessive alcohol consumption.

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