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Frugal vs Accountant - What's the difference?

frugal | accountant |

As adjectives the difference between frugal and accountant

is that frugal is avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste while accountant is (obsolete) accountable.

As a noun accountant is

one who renders account; one accountable.

frugal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste.
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  • Synonyms

    * cheap * economical * thrifty * See also

    Antonyms

    * spendthrift * prodigal * lavish

    Derived terms

    * frugality

    accountant

    English

    Alternative forms

    (one who handles financial records)

    Etymology 1

    * First attested in the mid 15th century. * * From (etyl), from (etyl) acuntant. * Compare (etyl) accomptant. * See also account .

    Noun

    (wikipedia accountant) (en noun)
  • One who renders account; one accountable.
  • A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s)
  • (accounting) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
  • (accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
  • Quotations
    * {{quote-book, year=1900 , author=Francis William Pixley , title=Accountancy — constructive and recording accountancy (Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, London). citation , volume=1 , page=4 , passage=The word Accountant is derived from the French word compter'', which took its origin from the Latin word ''computare . The word was formerly written in English as "accomptant", but in process of time the word, which was always pronounced by dropping the "p", became gradually changed both in pronunciation and in orthography to its present form.}}
    Derived terms
    * accountant general * chartered accountant * Certified National Accountant

    Etymology 2

    * First attested in the early 15th century.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) accountable
  • Usage notes
    (adjective) Followed by the word to .