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Avaricious vs Spendthrift - What's the difference?

avaricious | spendthrift |

As adjectives the difference between avaricious and spendthrift

is that avaricious is actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property while spendthrift is wasteful, improvident or profligate.

As a noun spendthrift is

someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.

avaricious

English

Alternative forms

* avaritious (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate, accumulating property.
  • * Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)
    • In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious , rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * avariciously * avariciousness

    Related terms

    * avarice

    References

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    spendthrift

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * spendthrift trust

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Wasteful, improvident or profligate.
  • Lavish or extravagant.