Disperse vs Lavish - What's the difference?
disperse | lavish | Related terms |
(intransitive) To scatter in different directions
* Bible, Proverbs xv. 7
* Cowper
(intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate
(intransitive) To disseminate
(physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light etc. according to wavelength; to refract
(intransitive) To distribute throughout
Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8
, passage=The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:
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Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
* 1623 , (William Shakespeare), (Measure for Measure) Act 2 Scene 2
To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
As verbs the difference between disperse and lavish
is that disperse is to scatter in different directions while lavish is to expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.As an adjective lavish is
expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.disperse
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Verb
- The Jews are dispersed among all nations.
- The lips of the wise disperse knowledge.
- Two lions, in the still, dark night, / A herd of beeves disperse .
Usage notes
* Do not confuse with the monetary word disburse, despite similarity.Anagrams
* * ----lavish
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Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
- Let her haue needfull, but not lauish meanes