Squandered vs Dissipation - What's the difference?
squandered | dissipation |
(squander)
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
The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
* Francis Bacon
* Sir M. Hale
A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
* P. Henry
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* Jonathan Swift
(physics) A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system
As a verb squandered
is (squander).As a noun dissipation is
the act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.squandered
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Verb
(head)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
dissipation
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Noun
(en noun)- without loss or dissipation of the matter
- the famous dissipation of mankind
- to reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance
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- Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations .