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profligacy

Debauchery vs Profligacy - What's the difference?

debauchery | profligacy |


As nouns the difference between debauchery and profligacy

is that debauchery is indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition while profligacy is (countable) careless wastefulness.

Prodigal vs Profligacy - What's the difference?

prodigal | profligacy |


As nouns the difference between prodigal and profligacy

is that prodigal is a prodigal person, a spendthrift while profligacy is (countable) careless wastefulness.

As an adjective prodigal

is wastefully extravagant.

Profligacy vs Dissipate - What's the difference?

profligacy | dissipate |


As a noun profligacy

is careless wastefulness.

As a verb dissipate is

to drive away, disperse.

Profligacy vs Dissipation - What's the difference?

profligacy | dissipation |


As nouns the difference between profligacy and dissipation

is that profligacy is (countable) careless wastefulness while dissipation is the act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

Dissolute vs Profligacy - What's the difference?

dissolute | profligacy |


As an adjective dissolute

is unrestrained by morality.

As a noun profligacy is

(countable) careless wastefulness.

Taxonomy vs Profligacy - What's the difference?

taxonomy | profligacy |


As nouns the difference between taxonomy and profligacy

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while profligacy is (countable) careless wastefulness.

Profligacy vs Spendthriftness - What's the difference?

profligacy | spendthriftness |


As nouns the difference between profligacy and spendthriftness

is that profligacy is (countable) careless wastefulness while spendthriftness is the condition of being a spendthrift; profligacy.

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