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Skinflint vs Frugal - What's the difference?

skinflint | frugal |

As a noun skinflint

is one who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.

As an adjective frugal is

avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste.

skinflint

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • one who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser
  • That skinflint would reuse dental floss if he thought it would save money.
  • *1842 , Gogol, Dead Souls ,
  • *:You know, he is quite a different sort from the Public Prosecutor and our other provincial skinflints --fellows who shiver in their shoes before they will spend a single kopeck.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    frugal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste.
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  • Synonyms

    * cheap * economical * thrifty * See also

    Antonyms

    * spendthrift * prodigal * lavish

    Derived terms

    * frugality