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Extravagancy vs Extravagance - What's the difference?

extravagancy | extravagance | Alternative forms |

Extravagance is a related term of extravagancy.

Extravagance is a alternative form of extravagancy.



As nouns the difference between extravagancy and extravagance

is that extravagancy is the characteristic of being extravagant while extravagance is excessive or superfluous expenditure of money.

extravagancy

English

Alternative forms

* extravagance

Noun

  • The characteristic of being extravagant.
  • A thing that is extravagant.
  • extravagance

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Excessive or superfluous expenditure of money.
  • Prodigality as in extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands.
  • :They spared nothing in obtaining extravagances for each other. Everything was lavish and wildly in excess. They were in love!
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  • *:A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
  • Synonyms

    * lavishness * profusion * wildness * irregularity * excess * prodigality * profusion * waste * unreasonableness * recklessness

    Antonyms

    * frugality * economize * moderation