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Fussy vs Stingy - What's the difference?

fussy | stingy |

As adjectives the difference between fussy and stingy

is that fussy is anxious or particular about petty details while stingy is stinging; able to sting or stingy can be extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.

fussy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Anxious or particular about petty details.
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  • *:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy .
  • Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be ill-tempered (especially of babies).
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    * See also

    See also

    * pedantic * picky

    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.
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    Derived terms
    * stingily * stinginess