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Penury vs Sparingness - What's the difference?

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Penury is a related term of sparingness.


As nouns the difference between penury and sparingness

is that penury is extreme want; poverty; destitution while sparingness is the property of being sparing.

penury

English

Noun

(penuries)
  • extreme want; poverty; destitution.
  • * '>citation
  • a lack of something; a dearth; barrenness; insufficiency.

    • Anagrams

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    sparingness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The property of being sparing.

    • Synonyms

    *frugality