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Affluence vs Profusion - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between affluence and profusion

is that affluence is an abundant flow or supply while profusion is abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia.

affluence

English

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete) An abundant flow or supply.
  • An abundance of wealth.
    • His affluence was surpassed by no man.
  • A moderate level of wealth.
    • The had achieved affluence , but aspired to true wealth.
  • An influx.

    • Synonyms

    * richdom * See also

    Antonyms

    * See also * indigence

    Derived terms

    * affluenza

    Related terms

    * affluent

    profusion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia
    • His hair, in great profusion , streamed down over his shoulders.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VI
    • We set the men at work felling trees, selecting for the purpose jarrah, a hard, weather-resisting timber which grew in profusion near by.
  • lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance