Philanthropic vs Extravagant - What's the difference?
philanthropic | extravagant | Related terms |
Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise.
Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
* (William Shakespeare)
Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.
* Addison
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess), chapter=1 Exorbitant.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.
Philanthropic is a related term of extravagant.
As adjectives the difference between philanthropic and extravagant
is that philanthropic is of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise while extravagant is exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.philanthropic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* generous * philanthropical * charitable * benevolent * humanitarian * bighearted * giving * goodhearted * altruisticAntonyms
* misanthropic * nasty * mean * hateful (of human race)See also
* altruism * altruist * altruistic * altruistically * misandry (hatred of males) * misanthropist * misanthropy (hatred of human race) * misogyny (hatred of females) * philanthropically * philanthropist * philanthropy (benevolence towards human race) * philandry (love of males) * philogyny (love of females)extravagant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The extravagant and erring spirit hies / To his confine.
- There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses.
citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.}}
Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}
- (Bancroft)