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Luxury vs Nonluxury - What's the difference?

luxury | nonluxury |

As adjectives the difference between luxury and nonluxury

is that luxury is very expensive while nonluxury is not luxury.

As a noun luxury

is very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.

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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    nonluxury

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not luxury.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 12, author=Cheryl Jensen, title=Lexus-Level Dependability, Now Available at Lower Prices, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Still, for consumers who cannot afford a luxury vehicle, the good news is that the gap between luxury and nonluxury brands has been narrowing and will continue to diminish, Mr. Ivers said. }}