Lucrative vs Bonanza - What's the difference?
lucrative | bonanza |
Producing a surplus; profitable.
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, title= In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold.
The point at which two mother lodes intersect
By extension, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income or return.
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As an adjective lucrative
is producing a surplus; profitable.As a noun bonanza is
in mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold.lucrative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Unspontaneous combustion, passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.}}
Usage notes
* Said of profession, occupation, position, office, business, deal, etc.Antonyms
* non-lucrativeDerived terms
* lucrativenessExternal links
* *Anagrams
* ----bonanza
English
Noun
(en noun)The parable of the Clyde, passage=For two decades the bonanza on Scotland’s west coast continued. An occupation that had been seasonal and modestly profitable became year-round and lucrative. Baskets of herring put televisions into fishermen’s cottages and cars outside their doors. But fish, like oil and gas, with which Scotland’s continental shelf is also well-endowed, are not in unlimited supply.}}
