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Scrimp vs Skimp - What's the difference?

scrimp | skimp |

As nouns the difference between scrimp and skimp

is that scrimp is a pinching miser; a niggard while skimp is a skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.

As verbs the difference between scrimp and skimp

is that scrimp is to make too small or short; to scant; to contract; to shorten while skimp is to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

As adjectives the difference between scrimp and skimp

is that scrimp is short; scanty; curtailed while skimp is scanty.

scrimp

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pinching miser; a niggard.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make too small or short; to scant; to contract; to shorten.
    • To scrimp the pattern of a coat.
  • To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.
  • To be frugal.

    • Related terms

    * scrimp and save * scrimper

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Short; scanty; curtailed.

    • Anagrams

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    skimp

    English

    Verb

  • To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
  • To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
  • To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "skimp")

    Related terms

    * skimpily * skimpy

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dated, UK, dialect, or, US, colloquial) Scanty.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.
  • * 2007 , George Ella Lyon, With a Hammer for my Heart , p. 192:
    • I remembered how fierce it hurt and how it blistered. All that pain from just a skimp of flesh.
  • (in the plural, colloquial) Underwear.
  • * 2007 , Zoo Today:
    • While presenting a rundown of the sexiest soap stars in the world in this week's ZOO, Hollyoaks' Gemma Atkinson very kindly stripped down to her skimps herself.