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Verdant vs Luxuriant - What's the difference?

verdant | luxuriant |

As adjectives the difference between verdant and luxuriant

is that verdant is green in colour while luxuriant is abundant in growth or detail.

verdant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Green in colour.
  • Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation.
  • * 1796 , Francois Le Vaillant, New Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa By Way of the Cape of Good Hope in the Years 1783, 84 and 85 , G.G. And J. Robinson, page 224
    • It was a verdant and delightful valley, watered by a rivulet ...
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=6 citation , passage=A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.}}
  • Fresh.
  • A Symbol]] of [[environmentalism, Environmentalism.
    • i.e. Verdant Magazine, Verdant Living, & Verdant Power all promote sustainability and living green
  • Inexperienced.
    • a verdant youth from the interior of Connecticut
  • *

    • Related terms

    * verdancy * verdantly * verdure * verdurous

    See also

    *

    luxuriant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Abundant in growth or detail.

    • Derived terms

    * luxuriant flower

    Related terms

    * luxury * luxurious * overluxuriant