Ignoble vs Lavish - What's the difference?
ignoble | lavish |
Not noble; plebeian; common.
* Shakespeare
Not honorable; base.
* Shakespeare
* Gray
Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.
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 adjectives the difference between ignoble and lavish
is that ignoble is not noble; plebeian; common while lavish is expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.As a verb lavish is
to expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.ignoble
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I was not ignoble of descent.
- A base, ignoble mind, / That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
- far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife
Quotations
* (English Citations of "ignoble")Synonyms
* (common) common, plebeian, vulgar * (not honorable) degenerate, mean, base, despicable, dishonorable, reproachful, shameful, disgraceful, vileAntonyms
* (common) noble * (not honorable) noble, honorableDerived terms
* ignobility * ignobleness * ignoblyAnagrams
* ----lavish
English
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