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Meanness vs Stinginess - What's the difference?

meanness | stinginess |

As nouns the difference between meanness and stinginess

is that meanness is the condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess while stinginess is a lack of generosity.

meanness

English

Alternative forms

* meaness

Noun

(es)
  • (uncountable) The condition, or quality, of being ; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.
    • This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship. Addison
  • A mean act; as, to be guilty of a meanness .

    • References

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    stinginess

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A lack of generosity.

    • Synonyms

    * parsimony * niggardliness * see also greed, avarice

    Related terms

    * stingy