different between spendthrift vs proliferate

English

Etymology

spend +? thrift (“(archaic) gain; prosperity”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sp?n(d)???ft/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sp?n(d)????ft/
• Hyphenation: spend?thrift

Adjective

spendthrift (comparative more spendthrift, superlative most spendthrift)

1. Improvident, profligate, or wasteful. [from late 16th c.]
2. Extravagant or lavish.

Antonyms

• frugal
• thrifty

Translations

Noun

spendthrift (plural spendthrifts)

1. Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:spendthrift

Antonyms

• miser
• skinflint

Derived terms

• spendthrift trust
• spendthriftily
• spendthriftiness
• spendthrifty

Translations

References

Further reading

• spendthrift on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Latin proles (“offspring”) + ferre (“to bear”) + -ate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???l?f.??.e?t/

Verb

proliferate (third-person singular simple present proliferates, present participle proliferating, simple past and past participle proliferated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.

   The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.

Related terms

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Further reading

• proliferate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• proliferate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Verb

proliferate

1. inflection of proliferare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
2. feminine plural of proliferato

Anagrams

• petrolifera