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Misspend vs Dispend - What's the difference?

misspend | dispend |

As verbs the difference between misspend and dispend

is that misspend is to spend poorly, incorrectly or unwisely while dispend is (obsolete) to spend or expend.

misspend

English

Verb

  • To spend poorly, incorrectly or unwisely.
  • :I misspent my youth making friends and meeting people. Wait a minute, that's the secret of my success!

    • dispend

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To spend or expend.
  • *, II.3.2:
  • *:Those Roman knights were so called, if they could dispend per annum so much.
  • (obsolete) To waste or squander.
  • (obsolete) To distribute or dispense.