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economise vs spend

spend vs economise

economise and spend both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
economise No No Yes No
spend No No Yes No
As verbs, spend is a hypernym of economise; that is, spend is a word with a broader meaning than economise:
  • economise: spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
  • spend: pay out
Other hypernyms of economise include drop, expend.
economise (verb) spend (verb)
use cautiously and frugally pay out
spend sparingly, avoid the waste of spend completely
use up a period of time in a specific way
Difference between economise and spend

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