The words luxurious and luxuriant are often confuses because of their similar spelling and pronunciation, however, they are not synonyms. Let's see their meaning.
What our dictionaries say:
Luxurious (adj.)
It means very comfortable, having expensive and enjoyable things.
If you describe something as luxurious, you mean that it is very comfortable and expensive.
- He buys a luxurious car.
- I have never seen such a luxurious apartment.
Luxuriant (adj.)
If you describe something as luxuriant, you mean that it is very think and healthy, like, luxuriant plants, trees, hairs, and gardens. In short, luxuriant means healthy, and rick quality.
- Our garden has luxuriant vegetation.
- She has very proud of her luxuriant hair.
Difference between luxurious and luxuriant:
Luxurious describes things that are luxury, sumptuousness, and expensive.
Luxuriant describes things that grow naturally and thickly or are very fertile.
Luxuriant things are natural abundance, like, hair, forest, gardens.
Luxurious things are man-made. (hotel, cars, apartment, jewelry)
A profuse growth of plants in your garden or a profuse growth of hairs on top of the head is luxuriant, not luxurious.
Staying in five star hotel is luxurious, not luxuriant.
Trick to memorize the words:
Luxurious has "ous" at the end. We can memorize that luxurious is luxury and expensive.
and luxuriant has "ant" at the end. With the help of "ant", we connect the word with natural. Luxuriant is naturally rich and healthy.
In a nutshell
Luxurious is luxury, expensive, and mostly man-made.
Luxuriant is abundant and healthy, and mostly natural.
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