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Wastrel vs Splurger - What's the difference?

wastrel | splurger | Synonyms |

Splurger is a synonym of wastrel.



As nouns the difference between wastrel and splurger

is that wastrel is one who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly while splurger is one who splurges.

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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    splurger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who splurges.

    • Synonyms

    * spendthrift * wastrel