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indulge vs expend

expend vs indulge

indulge and expend both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
indulge No No Yes No
expend No No Yes No
As verbs, expend is a hypernym of indulge; that is, expend is a word with a broader meaning than indulge:
  • indulge: enjoy to excess
  • expend: use up (resources or materials)
Other hypernyms of indulge include consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use, use up, wipe out.
indulge (verb) expend (verb)
yield (to); give satisfaction to use up (resources or materials)
enjoy to excess pay out
treat with excessive indulgence
give free rein to
Difference between indulge and expend

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