Avaricious vs Prodigal - What's the difference?
avaricious | prodigal |
Actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate, accumulating property.
* Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)
wastefully extravagant.
(often, followed by of or with) someone yielding profusely, lavish
profuse, lavishly abundant
returning after abandoning a person, group, or ideal, especially for selfish reasons; being a prodigal son.
* '>citation
As adjectives the difference between avaricious and prodigal
is that avaricious is actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate|accumulating property while prodigal is wastefully extravagant.As a noun prodigal is
a prodigal person, a spendthrift.avaricious
English
Alternative forms
* avaritious (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious , rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* avariciously * avariciousnessReferences
*prodigal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He found himself guilty of prodigal spending during the holidays.
- He is a prodigal son.
- She was a merry person, glad and prodigal of smiles.
- How can he be so prodigal with money on such a tight budget?
