Avaricious vs Miser - What's the difference?
avaricious | miser |
Actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate, accumulating property.
* Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)
(pejorative) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.
As an adjective avaricious
is actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.As a noun miser is
a person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.avaricious
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Alternative forms
* avaritious (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious , rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...
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* avariciously * avariciousnessReferences
*miser
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(wikipedia miser)Noun
(en noun)- was a stereotypical miser , he spent nothing he could save; neither giving to charity nor enjoying his wealth.