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Littleness vs Penuriousness - What's the difference?

littleness | penuriousness | Synonyms |

Littleness is a synonym of penuriousness.


As nouns the difference between littleness and penuriousness

is that littleness is the property of being little, smallness while penuriousness is the quality of being penurious.

littleness

English

Noun

  • The property of being little, smallness.
    • His littleness didn't bother him, except when he needed to get something off the top shelf.
  • Smallness of spirit; pettiness.

    • penuriousness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being penurious.
  • :In Dickens' ''A Christmas Carol'', the character Ebenezer Scrooge is renowned for his penuriousness.

    • Synonyms

    *(quality of being penurious ): cheapness, frugality, miserliness, thriftiness