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Prestige vs Luxury - What's the difference?

prestige | luxury |

As nouns the difference between prestige and luxury

is that prestige is delusion; illusion; trick while luxury is very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.

As an adjective luxury is

very expensive.

prestige

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete) Delusion; illusion; trick.
  • * :
  • The sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture.
  • The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
  • Oxford has a university of very high prestige .

    Derived terms

    * covert prestige * overt prestige * prestigious

    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.