Generous vs Rich - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) Of noble birth.
Noble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous.
Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed.
Large, more than ample, copious.
Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
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Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.
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Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.
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Not faint or delicate; vivid.
(informal, dated) Very amusing.
(informal) Ridiculous, absurd.
(computing) Elaborate]], having complex [[format, formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
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Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.
(obsolete) To enrich.
Generous is a related term of rich.
As adjectives the difference between generous and rich
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Thank you for your generous words.
- She's been extremely generous with her winnings.
Synonyms
* See alsorich
English
Adjective
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- a rich''' dish; '''rich''' cream or soup; '''rich pastry
- Sauces and rich spices are fetched from India.
- a rich''' treasury; a '''rich''' entertainment; a '''rich crop
- If life be short, it shall be glorious; / Each minute shall be rich in some great action.
- The gorgeous East with richest hand / Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.
Battle of the bulge, passage=For countries with rich culinary traditions that date back to the Aztecs and Incas, Mexico and Peru have developed quite a taste for modern food fashions. Mexicans quaff more fizzy drinks than any other country; Peru has the highest density of fast-food joints in the world.}}
- rich''' soil or land; a '''rich mine
- a rich''' dress; '''rich''' silk or fur; '''rich presents
- rich and various gems
- a rich red colour
- The scene was a rich one.
- a rich incident or character
- (Thackeray)
- A skilled multimedia developer will have no problems adding interactive video and audio into existing rich media web pages.
- Some rich text email messages contain formatting information that's best viewed with Microsoft Word.
- But what did matter was that the new web platform provided a rich experience.
Synonyms
* (wealthy) wealthy, well off, see alsoAntonyms
* (wealthy) poor; see also * (plentiful) needy * (computing) plain, unformatted, vanilla * (fuel-air mixture) leanDerived terms
* filthy rich * get-rich-quick * hood rich * neutron-rich * nickel-rich * too rich for one's blood * rags to riches * richdom * riches * richly * rich media * richness * rich tea biscuit * rich text * strike it rich * superrichVerb
- (Gower)