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Miser vs Muckworm - What's the difference?

miser | muckworm |

As nouns the difference between miser and muckworm

is that miser is a person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious while muckworm is a larva living in mud or manure.

miser

English

(wikipedia miser)

Noun

(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.

    Synonyms

    * cheapskate * scrooge * skinflint * See

    Antonyms

    * spendthrift

    Derived terms

    * miserly

    See also

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    Anagrams

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    muckworm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A larva living in mud or manure.
  • Someone who gathers wealth through overwork of employees and sordid means; a miser.
  • *{{quote-book, 1748, , The Castle of Indolence, chapter=Canto I citation
    • , passage=Here you a muckworm of the town might see, / At his dull desk, amid his legers stall'd, / Eat up with carking care and penurie; / Most like to carcase parch'd on gallows-tree.}}
  • *{{quote-book, 1840, , The Writings of Douglas Jerrold, chapter=The Money-Lender, page=279 citation
    • , passage=We have painted one Money-Lender — not the mere sordid muckworm of a century ago, but the man-eater of the present day. }}
  • *{{quote-book, 1993, Marlene Suson, The Lily and the Hawk, page=158 citation
    • , passage=Perhaps it is far too expensive for a notorious muckworm like you! I, however, am more generous. }}