Squander vs Quaver - What's the difference?
squander | quaver |
To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
* 1746 , Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac
* {{quote-news
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(obsolete) To scatter; to disperse.
* Dryden
To wander at random; to scatter.
* Shakespeare
a trembling shake.
a trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
(music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.
to shake in a trembling manner.
to use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
To utter quaveringly.
* Addison
As verbs the difference between squander and quaver
is that squander is to waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate while quaver is to shake in a trembling manner.As a noun quaver is
a trembling shake.squander
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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
quaver
English
(wikipedia quaver)Noun
(en noun)See also
* breve * crotchet * longa * minim * semibreveVerb
- We shall hear her quavering them to some sprightly airs of the opera.