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Scatter vs Lavish - What's the difference?

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Scatter is a related term of lavish.


In lang=en terms the difference between scatter and lavish

is that scatter is to occur or fall at widely spaced intervals while lavish is to expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.

As verbs the difference between scatter and lavish

is that scatter is (ergative) to (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse while lavish is to expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.

As an adjective lavish is

expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.

scatter

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
    • the police scattered the crowds
    the crowd scattered
  • * Shakespeare
    • Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths.
  • To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
    • Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall.
  • * Dryden
    • Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, / Their scattered cottages, and ample plains?
  • (physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
  • To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
  • To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
    • to scatter hopes or plans

    Derived terms

    * scatterbrain * scatterplot * scattershot

    lavish

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:
  • *
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
  • Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
  • * 1623 , (William Shakespeare), (Measure for Measure) Act 2 Scene 2
    • Let her haue needfull, but not lauish meanes

    Synonyms

    * (expending profusely): profuse, prodigal, wasteful, extravagant, exuberant, immoderate * See also

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (es)
  • To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.

    • Related terms

    * lavisher * lavishly * lavishness

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