Scanty vs Grudging - What's the difference?
scanty | grudging | Synonyms |
Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
* {{quote-book, year=1864–1865, author=Charles Dickens, title=
, passage=Present on the table, one scanty' pot of tea, one '''scanty''' loaf, two '''scanty''' pats of butter, two ' scanty rashers of bacon, two pitiful eggs, and an abundance of handsome china bought a secondhand bargain.}}
* {{quote-book, year=1979, author=by B. Jonson, title=
, passage=Traditions older than paleoarctic, as scanty as the evidence may be, show clearly that colonization of Alberta and even as far north as southern Alaska came from the south.}}
Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
* I. Watts.
Unwilling or with reluctance.
The state of bearing a grudge.
* 1806 , Matthew Henry, An Exposition of All the Books of the Old and New Testaments
As adjectives the difference between scanty and grudging
is that scanty is somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent while grudging is unwilling or with reluctance.As a verb grudging is
present participle of lang=en.As a noun grudging is
the state of bearing a grudge.scanty
English
Adjective
(er)- In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words.
Derived terms
* scantily * scantinessSee also
* meagre * scant * slender * insufficient * deficient * scarceExternal links
* * *grudging
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- her grudging acceptance that her rival deserved the award
Derived terms
* grudginglyVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Fretfulness and discontent expose us to the just judgment of God; and we bring more calamities upon ourselves, by our murmuring, distrustful, envious groans and grudgings against one another, than we are aware of