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Lux vs Luxury - What's the difference?

lux | luxury |

As nouns the difference between lux and luxury

is that lux is lux while luxury is very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.

As an adjective luxury is

very expensive.

lux

English

(wikipedia lux)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (English light).

Noun

(lux)
  • In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx

    • Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) luxer. See luxate.

    Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) To put out of joint; to luxate.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    luxury

    English

    (wikipedia luxury)

    Noun

    (luxuries)
  • Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.
  • Something desirable but expensive.
  • *
  • *:“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic??”
  • Something very pleasant but not really needed in life.

    • Antonyms

    * (dispensable thing) necessity

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • very expensive
  • not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent.

    • Related terms

    * luxuriant * luxuriate * luxurious * luxuriously

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