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Luxury vs Lavishness - What's the difference?

luxury | lavishness |

As nouns the difference between luxury and lavishness

is that luxury is very wealthy and comfortable surroundings while lavishness is the state or characteristic of being lavish.

As an adjective luxury

is very expensive.

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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    lavishness

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The state or characteristic of being lavish.
    • No one could question the lavishness of his parties; good taste was a different matter.