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Decadent vs Decedent - What's the difference?

decadent | decedent |

As adjectives the difference between decadent and decedent

is that decadent is characterized by moral or cultural decline while decedent is removing; departing.

As nouns the difference between decadent and decedent

is that decadent is a person affected by moral decay while decedent is a dead person.

decadent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
  • * - The Decline and Fall of the American Empire (1992)
    • As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.
  • Luxuriously self-indulgent.
  • * "
    • Surgery in an opera? How wonderfully decadent ! And just as I was beginning to lose interest!

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person affected by moral decay.

    • Related terms

    * decadence * decay

    Anagrams

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    decedent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal, chiefly, US) A dead person.
    • “A check of the nightstands revealed large amounts of prescription medication in the decedent ’s name,” the coroner’s notes said, according to TMZ.com. — The Herald Sun'', ''‘Dangerous drug mix’ likely killed Brittany'', ''New York Post , December 23, 2009 5:27AM

    See also

    * deceased

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Removing; departing.
    • (Ash)
    English terms derived from Latin ----