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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