Squander vs Profusion - What's the difference?
squander | profusion |
To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
* 1746 , Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac
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(obsolete) To scatter; to disperse.
* Dryden
To wander at random; to scatter.
* Shakespeare
abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VI
lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance
As a verb squander
is to waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.As a noun profusion is
profusion, abundance.squander
English
Verb
(en verb)Agribusiness Management
- Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
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- Our squandered troops he rallies.
- The wise man's folly is anatomized / Even by squandering glances of the fool.
Usage notes
Squander implies starting with many resources, such as great wealth, and then wasting them (using them up to little purpose or little effect), often ending with little. Particularly used in phrases such as “squander an opportunity” or “squander an inheritance”. It may be used even if one starts with little, though usually in some construction such as “squander what little he had”.Synonyms
* waste, splurge * ducks and drakes * throw awayReferences
profusion
English
Noun
(en noun)- His hair, in great profusion , streamed down over his shoulders.
- We set the men at work felling trees, selecting for the purpose jarrah, a hard, weather-resisting timber which grew in profusion near by.