Penurious vs Pecunious - What's the difference?
penurious | pecunious |
Miserly; excessively cheap.
Not bountiful; thin; scant.
Impoverished; wanting for money.
With money, wealthy; financially independent.
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(figuratively) rich (of quality, etc.)
As adjectives the difference between penurious and pecunious
is that penurious is miserly; excessively cheap while pecunious is with money, wealthy; financially independent.penurious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.
- The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.
- The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.