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Luxury vs. Wealth — What's the Difference?

Luxury vs. Wealth — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Luxury and Wealth

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Luxury

A state of great comfort or elegance, especially when involving great expense
He lived a life of luxury

Wealth

Wealth is the abundance of valuable financial assets or physical possessions which can be converted into a form that can be used for transactions. This includes the core meaning as held in the originating old English word weal, which is from an Indo-European word stem.

Luxury

Luxurious or of the nature of a luxury
A luxury yacht
Luxury goods

Wealth

An abundance of valuable material possessions or resources; riches
Gave his wealth away to charity.

Luxury

Sumptuous or extremely comfortable living or surroundings
Lives in luxury.
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Wealth

The state of being rich; affluence
A community of great wealth.

Luxury

Something that is not essential but provides pleasure and comfort
Felt entitled to a few luxuries after so much hard work.

Wealth

Goods and resources having value in terms of exchange or use
The agricultural wealth of the region.

Luxury

Something that is desirable but expensive or hard to obtain or do
Did not have the luxury of working in an up-to-date laboratory.

Wealth

A great amount; a profusion
A wealth of advice.

Luxury

Providing luxury
A luxury car.

Wealth

Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.

Luxury

Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.

Wealth

(countable) A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.

Luxury

Something desirable but expensive.

Wealth

Prosperity; well-being; happiness.

Luxury

Something that is pleasant but not necessary in life.

Wealth

Weal; welfare; prosperity; good.

Luxury

Very expensive

Wealth

Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches.
I have little wealth to lose.
Each day new wealth, without their care, provides.
Wealth comprises all articles of value and nothing else.

Luxury

Not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent.

Wealth

In the private sense, all pooperty which has a money value.

Luxury

(automotive) Pertaining to the top-end market segment for mass production mass market vehicles, above the premium market segment.

Wealth

The state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money;
Great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence

Luxury

A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes.
Riches expose a man to pride and luxury.

Wealth

The quality of profuse abundance;
She has a wealth of talent

Luxury

Anything which pleases the senses, is not necessary for life, and is also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; as, silks, jewels, and rare fruits are luxuries; in some countries ice is a great luxury. Contrasted to necessity.
He cut the side of a rock for a garden, and, by laying on it earth, furnished out a kind of luxury for a hermit.

Wealth

An abundance of material possessions and resources

Luxury

Lechery; lust.
Luxury is in wine and drunkenness.

Wealth

Property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value

Luxury

Luxuriance; exuberance.

Luxury

Something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity

Luxury

The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive

Luxury

Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living

Luxury

Elegant and sumptuous;
A deluxe car
Luxe accommodations
A luxury condominium

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