Miser vs Kunjoos - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between miser and kunjoos

is that miser is maize while kunjoos is (india) a miser.

(wikipedia miser)

(en noun)

(pejorative) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.

was a stereotypical miser , he spent nothing he could save; neither giving to charity nor enjoying his wealth.

* cheapskate * scrooge * skinflint * See

* spendthrift

* miserly

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(India) A miser.

* 1995 , "Simul Parikh", Marriage Info...'' (on newsgroup ''rec.music.indian.misc )

Must have no desire to work
Must not mind husband being a kunjoos
Does not mind cooking, cleaning, and having a smile on her face always

* 2005 , Manzur Murshed, Broken Milestones (page 433)

"Sala you are a kunjoos ," he says. "Don't be mean. After I am going to be your brother-in-law." "Don't be presumptuous," I say.

* 2007 , Vivek Iyer, Whiskey's Secret (page 50)

You really are kunjoos !" Sumati complained, her Ludhiana background asserting itself in the accent she gave the Hindi word for miser.