Lavish vs Greedy - What's the difference?
lavish | greedy |
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.
Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
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, title= Prone to overeat.
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As adjectives the difference between lavish and greedy
is that lavish is expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal while greedy is having greed; consumed by selfish desires.As a verb lavish
is to expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.lavish
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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
Synonyms
* (expending profusely): profuse, prodigal, wasteful, extravagant, exuberant, immoderate * See alsoVerb
(es)Anagrams
*greedy
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Adjective
(er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}