Avaricious vs Miserly - What's the difference?
avaricious | miserly |
Actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate, accumulating property.
* Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)
As adjectives the difference between avaricious and miserly
is that avaricious is actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property while miserly is like a miser; very covetous; stingy; cautious with money.avaricious
English
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...