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Wastrel vs Spendthrift - What's the difference?

wastrel | spendthrift |

As nouns the difference between wastrel and spendthrift

is that wastrel is one who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly while spendthrift is someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.

As an adjective spendthrift is

wasteful, improvident or profligate.

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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    spendthrift

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.

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    * spendthrift trust

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Wasteful, improvident or profligate.
  • Lavish or extravagant.