different between charitable vs profuse

English

Etymology

From Old French charitable.

Pronunciation

Adjective

charitable (comparative more charitable, superlative most charitable)

1. Pertaining to charity.
2. Kind, generous.
3. Having a purpose or character of a charity.

Synonyms

• eleemosynary

Derived terms

• charitable organization
• charitable purpose

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French charitable, from charité.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.?i.tabl/

Adjective

charitable (plural charitables)

1. charitable (all senses)

Further reading

• “charitable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Latin profusus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???fju?s/
• Rhymes: -u?s

Adjective

profuse (comparative more profuse, superlative most profuse)

1. In great quantity or abundance; liberal or generous to the point of excess.

Translations

Verb

profuse (third-person singular simple present profuses, present participle profusing, simple past and past participle profused)

1. (obsolete) To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.fyz/
• Homophone: profuses

Adjective

profuse

1. feminine singular of profus

Italian

Verb

profuse

1. third-person singular past historic of profondere

profuse

1. feminine plural of profuso

Latin

Adjective

prof?se

1. vocative masculine singular of prof?sus

References

• profuse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• profuse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• profuse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette