Parsimony vs Covetousness - What's the difference?
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Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
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(by extension) The principle of using the least resources or explanations to solve a problem.
Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.
* 1588: La Placette, Jean Of the Incurable Scepticism of the Church of Rome
* 1661: Johnson, J. The morning-exercise at Cripple-gate
* 1815: Lavington, Samuel Sermons and other discourses, Volume 1
* 1976: Ellul, Jacques The Ethics of Freedom page 134
Parsimony is a synonym of covetousness.
As nouns the difference between parsimony and covetousness
is that parsimony is great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily while covetousness is immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.parsimony
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(wikipedia parsimony)Noun
(-)Synonyms
* see'' stinginess''' and ' niggardliness * see also'' economy, frugality, ''' and 'See also
* Occam's RazorExternal links
* *covetousness
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Noun
(-)- He which will yield to Fear. mu?t nece??arily yield to Covetou?ne?s or any inordinate De?ire.
- Covetou?ne?s is the yelow Jaundice of the foul, which ari?es from the over-flowing of the heart with love to yellow gold, by which a Chri?tian is dull'd and deadned.
- Covetousness prevents all good, and is and inlet and encouragement to evil.
- In obvious compensation and opposition the fear of nothingness becomes the source of covetousness ...