Frugal vs Avaricious - What's the difference?
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Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste.
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Actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate, accumulating property.
* Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)
Frugal is a related term of avaricious.
As adjectives the difference between frugal and avaricious
is that frugal is avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste while avaricious is actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate|accumulating property.frugal
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* cheap * economical * thrifty * See alsoAntonyms
* spendthrift * prodigal * lavishDerived terms
* frugalityExternal links
* * ----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...