Difference between Enough and Sufficient

What is the difference between Enough and Sufficient?

Enough as a determiner is sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate while Sufficient as a determiner is the smallest amount needed

Enough

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: sufficiently

Part of speech: determiner

Definition: sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate

Part of speech: pronoun

Definition: A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: stop! Don't do that anymore, etc.

Example sentence: If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.

Sufficient

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country.Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content.

Part of speech: determiner

Definition: the smallest amount needed

Example sentence: It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.

We hope you now know whether to use Enough or Sufficient in your sentence.

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