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Lavish vs Abundance - What's the difference?

lavish | abundance |

As an adjective 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.

As a noun abundance is

a large quantity; many.

lavish

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
  • *
    • , 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:
  • *
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
  • Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
  • * 1623 , (William Shakespeare), (Measure for Measure) Act 2 Scene 2
    • Let her haue needfull, but not lauish meanes

    Synonyms

    * (expending profusely): profuse, prodigal, wasteful, extravagant, exuberant, immoderate * See also

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (es)
  • To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.

    • Related terms

    * lavisher * lavishly * lavishness

    Anagrams

    *

    abundance

    English

    (wikipedia abundance)

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete) abundaunce * (obsolete) habundance * (obsolete) boundance * (card games) abondance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large quantity; many.
  • An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
  • * (rfdate) (Sir Walter Raleigh)
    • It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.
  • Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
  • Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
  • (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.

    • Usage notes

    * Synonym notes: Abundance , Plenty]], [[exuberance, Exuberance. These words rise upon each other in expressing the idea of fullness. ** Plenty'' denotes a sufficiency to supply every want; as, ''plenty'' of food, ''plenty of money, etc. ** Abundance'' express more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; as, ''abundance'' of riches, an ''abundance of wit and humor; often, however, it only denotes plenty in a high degree. ** Exuberance'' rises still higher, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing great superfluity or redundance; as, an ''exuberance'' of mirth, an ''exuberance of animal spirits, etc.

    Synonyms

    * exuberance, plenteousness, plenty, copiousness, overflow, riches, affluence, wealth

    Related terms

    * abound * abundant

    References

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