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Lavish vs. Lush — What's the Difference?

Lavish vs. Lush — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Lavish and Lush

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Lavish

Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion
A lavish buffet.

Lush

Having or characterized by luxuriant vegetation
A lush valley.

Lavish

Immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting
The critics were lavish with their praise.

Lush

Abundant; plentiful.

Lavish

To give or bestow in abundance; shower
Lavished attention on his customers.
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Lush

Extravagant or luxurious, as in ornamentation
The lush decor of a grand hotel.

Lavish

To give something in abundance to
"The aides began lavishing him with kindnesses" (Kay Marie Porterfield).

Lush

Extremely pleasing to the senses
A lush scent.
Lush fruit.
The lush sounds of an orchestra.

Lavish

Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
Lavish of money;
Lavish of praise

Lush

Voluptuous or sensual
"[His]eyes swept over her lush young body until she was all the way out the door" (Clark Howard).

Lavish

Superabundant; excessive.
Lavish spirits
Lavish meal

Lush

A drunkard.

Lavish

(obsolete) Unrestrained, impetuous.

Lush

To cause to get drunk.

Lavish

(transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.
They lavished money on the dinner.

Lush

Juicy, succulent.

Lavish

(transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.
They lavished him with praise.

Lush

(dialectal) Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned; fertile.

Lavish

(obsolete) Excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigality.

Lush

(of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant.

Lavish

Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.

Lush

(of food) Savoury, delicious.
That meal was lush! We have to go to that restaurant again sometime!

Lavish

Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
Let her have needful, but not lavish, means.

Lush

Thriving; rife; sumptuous.

Lavish

To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.

Lush

Beautiful, sexy.
Boys with long hair are lush!

Lavish

Expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns;
He was showered with praise

Lush

Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.
Your voice is lush, Lucy! I could listen to it all day!

Lavish

Very generous;
Distributed gifts with a lavish hand
The critics were lavish in their praise
A munificent gift
His father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent
Prodigal praise
Unsparing generosity
His unstinted devotion
Called for unstinting aid to Britain

Lush

(obsolete) Lax; slack; limp; flexible.

Lavish

Characterized by extravagance and profusion;
A lavish buffet
A lucullan feast

Lush

A drunkard, sot, alcoholic.

Lush

(slang) Intoxicating liquor.

Lush

A person who enjoys talking about themselves.
Am I humble or am I a lush?

Lush

(ambitransitive) To drink (liquor) to excess.

Lush

Full of juice or succulence.
How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green!

Lush

Having thick and luxurient vegetation.

Lush

Characterized by abundance or luxurience; rich.

Lush

Liquor, esp. intoxicating liquor; drink.

Lush

An habitual drunkard.

Lush

A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

Lush

Produced or growing in extreme abundance;
Their riotous blooming

Lush

Characterized by extravagance and profusion;
A lavish buffet
A lucullan feast

Lush

Full of juice;
Lush fruits
Succulent roast beef
Succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves

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