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Frugal vs Conserve - What's the difference?

frugal | conserve |

As an adjective frugal

is avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste.

As a noun conserve is

wilderness where human development is prohibited.

As a verb conserve is

to save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.

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

    conserve

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
  • A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
  • * Tatler
  • I shall study broths, plasters, and conserves , till from a fine lady I become a notable woman.
  • (obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
  • (obsolete) A conservatory.
  • (Evelyn)

    Verb

    (conserv)
  • To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.
  • to conserve fruits with sugar
  • * Strype
  • the amity which they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor
  • To protect an environment.
  • (physics, chemistry, intransitive) To remain unchanged during a process
  • Derived terms

    * conservation * conservative * conservatory

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