Rich vs Humble - What's the difference?
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Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
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Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.
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Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.
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Not faint or delicate; vivid.
(informal, dated) Very amusing.
(informal) Ridiculous, absurd.
(computing) Elaborate]], having complex [[format, formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
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Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.
(obsolete) To enrich.
Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
Thinking lowly of oneself; claiming little for oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
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To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.
To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiency of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used reflexively.
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As adjectives the difference between rich and humble
is that rich is as hell, very while humble is near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage or humble can be hornless.As a verb humble is
to bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.rich
English
Adjective
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- a rich''' dish; '''rich''' cream or soup; '''rich pastry
- Sauces and rich spices are fetched from India.
- a rich''' treasury; a '''rich''' entertainment; a '''rich crop
- If life be short, it shall be glorious; / Each minute shall be rich in some great action.
- The gorgeous East with richest hand / Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.
Battle of the bulge, passage=For countries with rich culinary traditions that date back to the Aztecs and Incas, Mexico and Peru have developed quite a taste for modern food fashions. Mexicans quaff more fizzy drinks than any other country; Peru has the highest density of fast-food joints in the world.}}
- rich''' soil or land; a '''rich mine
- a rich''' dress; '''rich''' silk or fur; '''rich presents
- rich and various gems
- a rich red colour
- The scene was a rich one.
- a rich incident or character
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- A skilled multimedia developer will have no problems adding interactive video and audio into existing rich media web pages.
- Some rich text email messages contain formatting information that's best viewed with Microsoft Word.
- But what did matter was that the new web platform provided a rich experience.
Synonyms
* (wealthy) wealthy, well off, see alsoAntonyms
* (wealthy) poor; see also * (plentiful) needy * (computing) plain, unformatted, vanilla * (fuel-air mixture) leanDerived terms
* filthy rich * get-rich-quick * hood rich * neutron-rich * nickel-rich * too rich for one's blood * rags to riches * richdom * riches * richly * rich media * richness * rich tea biscuit * rich text * strike it rich * superrichVerb
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(Webster 1913)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . See homage, and compare chameleon, humiliate.Adjective
(er)- Thy humble nest built on the ground. -Cowley.
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- God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble . Jas. iv. 6.
- She should be humble who would please. -Prior.
- Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation. -Washington.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* humble plant * eat humble pieVerb
(en-verb)- Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues have humbled to all strokes. -Shak.
- The genius which humbled six marshals of France. -Macaulay.
- Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you. 1 Pet. Ch 5: v. 6.
Derived terms
* humbler (agent noun)Synonyms
* abase, lower, depress, humiliate, mortify, disgrace, degradeEtymology 2
Compare hummel.Adjective
(-)- humble cattle