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Wastrel vs Prodigal - What's the difference?

wastrel | prodigal |

As nouns the difference between wastrel and prodigal

is that wastrel is one who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly while prodigal is a prodigal person, a spendthrift.

As an adjective prodigal is

wastefully extravagant.

wastrel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.
  • *1929, , Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 22
    • Mary's mother - if that was her picture - may have been a wastrel in her spare time (she had thirteen children by a minister of the church), but if so her gay and dissipated life had left too few traces of its pleasures on her face.

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    prodigal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • wastefully extravagant.
    • He found himself guilty of prodigal spending during the holidays.
    He is a prodigal son.
  • (often, followed by of or with) someone yielding profusely, lavish
    • She was a merry person, glad and prodigal of smiles.
    How can he be so prodigal with money on such a tight budget?
  • profuse, lavishly abundant
  • returning after abandoning a person, group, or ideal, especially for selfish reasons; being a prodigal son.
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    * (a prodigal person) frugal

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    * prodigal son

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A prodigal person, a spendthrift.

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