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profligate vs wastrel

wastrel vs profligate

profligate and wastrel both are nouns.

profligate is an adjective but wastrel is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
profligate Yes Yes No No
wastrel Yes No No No
As nouns, wastrel is a hyponym of profligate; that is, wastrel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than profligate:
  • profligate: a recklessly extravagant consumer
  • wastrel: someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
Other hyponyms of profligate include scattergood, spend-all, spender, spendthrift, waster.
profligate (noun) wastrel (noun)
a dissolute man in fashionable society someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
a recklessly extravagant consumer
profligate (adjective) wastrel (adjective)
unrestrained by convention or morality
recklessly wasteful
Difference between profligate and wastrel

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