Richness vs Wealthy - What's the difference?
richness | wealthy |
(uncountable) The state or quality of being rich; richdom.
(ecology) The number of types in a community.
(countable) The result or product of being rich.
Possessing financial wealth; rich.
Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse.
(uncountable, preceded by the) Rich people.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
(countable) A rich person.
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In countable terms the difference between richness and wealthy
is that richness is the result or product of being rich while wealthy is A rich person.As nouns the difference between richness and wealthy
is that richness is the state or quality of being rich; richdom while wealthy is Rich people.As an adjective wealthy is
possessing financial wealth; rich.richness
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Noun
(en-noun)wealthy
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(wikipedia wealthy)Adjective
(en-adj)Synonyms
* affluent, prosperous * See alsoAntonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* independently wealthySee also
* upscaleNoun
(en-noun)citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}