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Voynich Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Squander vs waste

Are there any differences between "I squandered money" and "I wasted money"?
  

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We can waste large or small amounts of money. We squander only large amounts, recklessly. I sometimes waste money by taking a bus to work when I could easily walk.

— Fivejedjon

  • We can waste large or small amounts of money.
  • We squander only large amounts, recklessly.
  • I sometimes waste money by taking a bus to work when I could easily walk.
  • My father left me a fortune when he died.
  • Within two years I had squandered the lot on wine, women and fast cars.
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We can waste large or small amounts of money. We squander only large amounts, recklessly.

I sometimes waste money by taking a bus to work when I could easily walk.

My father left me a fortune when he died. Within two years I had squandered the lot on wine, women and fast cars.
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fivejedjonI had squandered the lot on wine, women and fast cars.
Really? I heard it was wine, cars, and fast women.
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How is spending money on wine, women and fast cars "squandering"? Surely that constitutes money well spent?
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Blue Jay How is spending money on wine, women and fast cars "squandering"? Surely that constitutes money well spent?
Leave it to Blue Jay to make an excellent point! What else is money for?

CJ
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It reminds me of the famous quote from someone or other, possibly apocryphal, who, when asked what had happened to his huge fortune, replied "I spent most of it on women, fast cars, wine and gambling. I wasted the rest." Or something like that.
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