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Re:How People Get Rich Now by claudiulodro on Monday April 12, 2021 @01:10PM (#26782035)
The definition of "rich" is "having a great deal of money or assets; wealthy." Seems like Rich == Wealth as far as I can tell. There is definitely a difference between well-off and wealthy, though.
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Re:How People Get Rich Now by alistairSH on Monday April 12, 2021 @01:32PM (#26782382)
While not a dictionary definition, I've seen "the wealthy" described as the subset of "the rich" where their money is self-sustaining (passive income that spans generations).

By most definitions, many of us on HN are rich, but few of us are wealthy. Most of us still have a day job and rely on that salary to pay bills and save for retirement.

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