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Chary vs Parsimonious - What's the difference?

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Chary is a related term of parsimonious.


As adjectives the difference between chary and parsimonious

is that chary is (obsolete) sad; sorrowful; grievous while parsimonious is exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.

chary

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (obsolete) Sad; sorrowful; grievous.
  • Disposed to cherish with care; careful.
  • Cautious; wary; shy.
  • * act 1 scene 3 lines 35-36
    • The chariest maid is prodigal enough'' / ''If she unmasks her beauty to the moon.
  • *1598 , Shakespeare, lines 11-12
    • Bearing thy heart, which I will keep so chary / ''As tender nurse her babe from faring ill
  • * 2007 , Stephen R. Donaldson, Fatal Revenant , ISBN 978-0-399-15446-1 Page 182
    • "...When Lord Berek speaks with you and your companions alone, as he must, be chary in your replies."
  • Sparing; not lavish; not disposed to give freely.
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    • parsimonious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.
  • Using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures.
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  • * Kiplinger's Personal Finance , January 2002
    • The first three college-savings plans stand out for their parsimonious expenses...
    Statistical methods offer the ability to enforce parsimonious selection of the most influential potential predictors of each gene's state.

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