Lavish vs. Wasteful — What's the Difference?

Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion

Marked by or inclined to waste; extravagant.

Immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting

Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.

To give or bestow in abundance; shower

(obsolete) Uninhabited, desolate.

To give something in abundance to

Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.

Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.

Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition.

Superabundant; excessive.

Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.

(obsolete) Unrestrained, impetuous.

Inefficient in use of time and effort and materials;

(transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.

Tending to squander and waste

(transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.

Laying waste;

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

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

Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.

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

Expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns;

Very generous;

Characterized by extravagance and profusion;