What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Charitable vs Stingy - What's the difference?

charitable | stingy |

As adjectives the difference between charitable and stingy

is that charitable is pertaining to charity while stingy is stinging; able to sting or stingy can be extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.

charitable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to charity.
  • Kind, generous.
  • Having a purpose or character of a charity.
  • Synonyms

    * eleemosynary

    Derived terms

    * charitable organization * charitable purpose

    stingy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Stinging; able to sting.
  • Etymology 2

    Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.
  • * '>citation
  • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * stingily * stinginess