grafter vs prodigal

grafter

noun
  • A corrupt person, one who receives graft. 

  • An instrument by which grafting is facilitated. 

  • One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by engrafting. 

  • Someone who works in market stalls. 

  • a hard worker who puts in long hours 

  • The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree. 

prodigal

noun
  • A prodigal person; a spendthrift; a wastrel. 

adj
  • Wastefully extravagant. 

  • Profuse, lavishly abundant. 

  • Yielding profusely, lavish. 

  • Having (selfishly) abandoned a person, group, or ideal. 

  • Returning or having returned, especially repentantly, after such an abandonment. 

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