Prodigal vs Exuberant - What's the difference?
prodigal | exuberant | Synonyms |
wastefully extravagant.
(often, followed by of or with) someone yielding profusely, lavish
profuse, lavishly abundant
returning after abandoning a person, group, or ideal, especially for selfish reasons; being a prodigal son.
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(of people) Very high-spirited; extremely energetic and enthusiastic.
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* 1961 , , Catch-22 :
(of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant.
* 1972 , Ken Lemmon, "Restoration Work at Studley Royal," Garden History , vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 22:
Prodigal is a synonym of exuberant.
As adjectives the difference between prodigal and exuberant
is that prodigal is wastefully extravagant while exuberant is exuberant.As a noun prodigal
is a prodigal person, a spendthrift.prodigal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He found himself guilty of prodigal spending during the holidays.
- He is a prodigal son.
- She was a merry person, glad and prodigal of smiles.
- How can he be so prodigal with money on such a tight budget?
Synonyms
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* (a prodigal person) frugalDerived terms
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* * *exuberant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts.
- She was a tall, earthy, exuberant girl with long hair and a pretty face.
- The County Architect's Department is starting to pleach trees to open up these vistas, now almost hidden by the exuberant growth.