Affluent vs. Rich — What's the Difference?

Generously supplied with money, property, or possessions; prosperous or rich.

Having great material wealth

Manifesting or requiring wealth

Having great worth or value

(Archaic) Flowing freely; copious.

Made of or containing valuable materials

A stream or river that flows into a larger one; a tributary.

Magnificent; sumptuous

A person who is well-off financially

Having an abundant supply

(used with a pl. verb) Wealthy people considered as a group. Often used with the.

Abounding in natural resources

Somebody who is wealthy.

Having many nutrients for plant growth; fertile

A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.

Very productive and therefore financially profitable

Abundant; copious; plenteous.

Containing a large amount of choice ingredients, such as butter, sugar, or eggs, and therefore unusually heavy or sweet

(by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.

Strong in aroma or flavor

(dated) Tributary.

Containing a large proportion of fuel to air

(obsolete) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

Pleasantly full and mellow

Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

Warm and strong in color

Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches.

Highly varied

A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.

Highly developed or complex

An affluent person; a person who is financially well off;

(Informal) Highly amusing, often for being absurd or preposterous.

A branch that flows into the main stream

Wealthy people considered as a group. Often used with the

Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value;

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.

Remunerative.

Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.

Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.

Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.

Not faint or delicate; vivid.

(informal) Very amusing.

(informal) Ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, preposterous, especially in a galling, hypocritical, or brazen way.

(computing) Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.

Of a solute-solvent solution: not weak (not diluted); of strong concentration.

Of a fuel-air mixture: having more fuel (thus less air) than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.

(finance) Trading at a price level which is high relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.

The rich people of a society or the world collectively, the rich class of a society.

To enrich.

To become rich.

Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; - opposed to poor.

Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop.

Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as, rich soil or land; a rich mine.

Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents.

Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; - especially applied to articles of food or drink which are high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are sweet, luscious, and high-flavored; as, a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; rich wine or fruit.

Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.

Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich music.

Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich scenery.

Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as, the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character.

To enrich.

Possessing material wealth;

Having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources);

Of great worth or quality;

Marked by great fruitfulness;

Strong; intense;

Very productive;

High in mineral content; having a a high proportion of fuel to air;

Suggestive of or characterized by great expense;

Marked by richness and fullness of flavor;

Highly seasoned or containing large amounts of choice ingredients such as butter or sugar or eggs;

Pleasantly full and mellow;

Affording an abundant supply;