Squandered vs Spent - What's the difference?
squandered | spent |
(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
Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.
(spend)
tense
As verbs the difference between squandered and spent
is that squandered is past tense of squander while spent is past tense of spend.As an adjective spent is
consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.squandered
English
Verb
(head)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
spent
English
Adjective
(-)- a spent cartridge
Verb
(head)Statistics
* ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==Adjective
- en spent situasjon - a tense situation