Luxury vs Vanity - What's the difference?
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Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.
Something desirable but expensive.
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*:“[…] 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.
That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
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Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance or achievements.
A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair. The table is normally quite low and similar to a desk, with drawers and one or more mirrors atop. Either a chair or bench is used to sit upon.
Emptiness.
(obsolete) Any idea, theory or statement that is without foundation.
* It is a vanity to say that if two stones are dropped from a tower, the heavier will experience the greater acceleration.
* Francis Bacon
As nouns the difference between luxury and vanity
is that luxury is very wealthy and comfortable surroundings while vanity is that which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.As an adjective luxury
is very expensive.luxury
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(wikipedia luxury)Noun
(luxuries)Antonyms
* (dispensable thing) necessityExternal links
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(wikipedia vanity)Noun
(vanities)- To help the matter, the alchemists call in many vanities out of astrology.
