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profligate vs rake

rake vs profligate

profligate and rake both are nouns.

profligate is an adjective but rake is not an adjective.

profligate is not a verb while rake is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
profligate Yes Yes No No
rake Yes No Yes No
As nouns, profligate and rake are synonyms defined as:
  • profligate and rake: a dissolute man in fashionable society
Other synonyms of profligate include blood, rakehell, rip, roue.
profligate (noun) rake (noun)
a dissolute man in fashionable society a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
a recklessly extravagant consumer degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
a dissolute man in fashionable society
profligate (adjective) rake (adjective)
unrestrained by convention or morality
recklessly wasteful
profligate (verb) rake (verb)
gather with a rake
level or smooth with a rake
scrape gently
move through with or as if with a rake
examine hastily
sweep the length of
Difference between profligate and rake

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