Miser vs Economist - What's the difference?
miser | economist | Synonyms |
(pejorative) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.
An expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories.
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(obsolete) One who manages a household.
(obsolete) One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste.
Economist is a synonym of miser.
As nouns the difference between miser and economist
is that miser is a person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious while economist is an expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories.miser
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(wikipedia miser)Noun
(en noun)- was a stereotypical miser , he spent nothing he could save; neither giving to charity nor enjoying his wealth.
Synonyms
* cheapskate * scrooge * skinflint * SeeAntonyms
* spendthriftDerived terms
* miserlySee also
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* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)Boundary problems, passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists ’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}