The difference between Rich and Wealthy

When used as adjectives, rich means wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions, whereas wealthy means possessing financial wealth.


Rich is also verb with the meaning: to enrich.

Wealthy is also noun with the meaning: rich people.

check bellow for the other definitions of Rich and Wealthy

  1. Rich as an adjective:

    Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

  2. Rich as an adjective:

    Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.

    Examples:

    "a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry"

  3. Rich as an adjective:

    Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.

    Examples:

    "a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop"

  4. Rich as an adjective:

    Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.

    Examples:

    "rich soil or land; a rich mine"

  5. Rich as an adjective:

    Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.

    Examples:

    "a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents"

  6. Rich as an adjective:

    Not faint or delicate; vivid.

    Examples:

    "a rich red colour"

  7. Rich as an adjective (informal, dated):

    Very amusing.

    Examples:

    "The scene was a rich one."

    "a rich incident or character"

    "rfquotek Thackeray"

  8. Rich as an adjective (informal):

    Ridiculous, absurd.

  9. Rich as an adjective (computing):

    Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.

  10. Rich as an adjective:

    Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.

  1. Rich as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To enrich.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Gower"

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  2. Rich as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To become rich.

  1. Wealthy as an adjective:

    Possessing financial wealth; rich.

  2. Wealthy as an adjective:

    Abundant in quality or quantity; profuse.

  1. Wealthy as a noun (with "the"):

    Rich people.

  2. Wealthy as a noun:

    A rich person.

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