Lavish vs. Wasteful — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lavish and Wasteful
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Definitions
Lavish➦
Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion
A lavish buffet.
Wasteful➦
Marked by or inclined to waste; extravagant.
Lavish➦
Immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting
The critics were lavish with their praise.
Wasteful➦
Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
Lavish➦
To give or bestow in abundance; shower
Lavished attention on his customers.
Wasteful➦
(obsolete) Uninhabited, desolate.
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Lavish➦
To give something in abundance to
"The aides began lavishing him with kindnesses" (Kay Marie Porterfield).
Wasteful➦
Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.
Lavish➦
Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
Lavish of money;
Lavish of praise
Wasteful➦
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.
Lavish➦
Superabundant; excessive.
Lavish spirits
Lavish meal
Wasteful➦
Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.
In wilderness and wasteful desert strayed.
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Lavish➦
(obsolete) Unrestrained, impetuous.
Wasteful➦
Inefficient in use of time and effort and materials;
A clumsy and wasteful process
Wasteful duplication of effort
Uneconomical ebb and flow of power
Lavish➦
(transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.
They lavished money on the dinner.
Wasteful➦
Tending to squander and waste
Lavish➦
(transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.
They lavished him with praise.
Wasteful➦
Laying waste;
When wasteful war shall statues overturn
Lavish➦
(obsolete) Excessive abundance or expenditure, profusion, prodigality.
Lavish➦
Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
Lavish➦
Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
Let her have needful, but not lavish, means.
Lavish➦
To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
Lavish➦
Expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns;
He was showered with praise
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
Lavish➦
Characterized by extravagance and profusion;
A lavish buffet
A lucullan feast
