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Affluent vs Thriving - What's the difference?

affluent | thriving |

As nouns the difference between affluent and thriving

is that affluent is somebody who is wealthy while thriving is the action of the verb to thrive .

As adjectives the difference between affluent and thriving

is that affluent is abundant; copious; plenteous while thriving is that thrives; successful; flourishing or prospering.

As a verb thriving is

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affluent

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rft-sense) Somebody who is wealthy.
  • * 1994 , Philip D. Cooper, Health care marketing: a foundation for managed quality (page 183)
    • The affluents are most similar to the professional want-it-alls in their reasons for preferring specific hospitals and in their demographic characteristics.
  • A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Abundant; copious; plenteous.
  • * H. Reed
    • languageaffluent in expression
  • (label) Abounding in goods or riches; materially wealthy.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Michael Sivak
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply? , passage=Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent , with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand.}}
  • (label) Tributary.
  • (label) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
  • * Harvey
    • affluent blood

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    Derived terms

    * affluence * affluently

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    thriving

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That thrives; successful; flourishing or prospering.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to thrive .

    • Verb

    (head)