Excess and Limit

Excess

Excess noun - The state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed.

Limit and excess are semantically related in overabundance of something topic. In some cases you can use "Limit" instead a noun "Excess".

Nearby Words: excessive, excessively

Limit

Limit noun - A real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go.

Excess and limit are semantically related in surplus topic. Sometimes you can use "Excess" instead a noun "Limit", if it concerns topics such as extra material.

How words are described

physical physical excess physical limit
safe safe excess safe limit
exact exact excess exact limit
real real excess real limit
Other adjectives: big.

Both words in one sentence

  • The population limit Lordgenome mentioned is eerily similar to the 50-person limit in his village, maintained by the High Priest sending excess people to die, and Rossiu's raising may be preventing him from finding a better solution than the one used there.
  • Music / INFINITE L too, with his excess of skinship, but he has a limit in not squeezing/touching butts (he has done so here and there, but not as much as Dongwoo), rubbing nipples, and...whatnot.
  • Video Game / UFO Afterblank aka: UFO Aftershock Critical Encumbrance Failure: Averted in the "carry up to the limit, then take penalties from the excess" sense.
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