Paltry vs Detestable - What's the difference?

Paltry is a related term of detestable.

is that paltry is trashy, trivial, of little value while detestable is detestable, despicable.

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trashy, trivial, of little value

This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product.

She made some paltry excuse and left.

meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling

Could someone hope to survive on such a paltry income?

Student grants these days are paltry , and many students have to take out loans.

* Nouns to which "paltry" is often applied: sum, rate, amount, number, price, salary, wages, fellow, pay, excuse, income, gain, compensation.

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(en adjective)

Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.

* Nouns to which "detestable" is often applied: crime, thing, practices, act, character, nature, person, conduct, villain, behavior.

* detestableness