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Intemperance vs Profusion - What's the difference?

intemperance | profusion |

As nouns the difference between intemperance and profusion

is that intemperance is lack of moderation or temperance; excess while profusion is abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia.

intemperance

English

Alternative forms

* intemperaunce (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Lack of moderation or temperance; excess
  • Drunkenness; gluttony

    • References

    *OED2

    profusion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia
    • His hair, in great profusion , streamed down over his shoulders.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VI
    • We set the men at work felling trees, selecting for the purpose jarrah, a hard, weather-resisting timber which grew in profusion near by.
  • lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance