Profligate vs Prolific
Profligate – is an adjective and is defined as using money, time, materials etc. in a careless way.
a. She is not a profligate.
b. Throughout Meena’s life she was a profligate and a spendthrift.
Prolific – is an adjective and is defined as producing many works.
a. Origen is possibly the most prolific novelist of the ancient church.
b. The new policy was not prolific in success.
Present in large numbers or quantities.a. The singer had a prolific fan following.
b. There are certain animals that breed prolifically.
Read the following sentences and fill in the blanks with the right word.1. The more the company spends, the more it makes, so it pays to be ____________.
a. Prolific
b. Profligate
View Answer / Hide Answer2. He is extremely ____________ and for a sportswriter, quite intellectually curious.
a. Prolific
b. Profligate
View Answer / Hide Answer3. Suddenly there has been ____________ consumption of natural resources.
a. Profligate
b. Prolific
View Answer / Hide Answer4. Soft yellow wintertime flowers are small but ____________ and long lasting.
a. Profligate
b. Prolific
View Answer / Hide Answer5. Mihir’s ____________ lifestyle has brought him to be a cavalcade person.
a. Profligate
b. Prolific
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