Skinflint vs Frugal - What's the difference?
skinflint | frugal |
one who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser
*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.
Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste.
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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)- That skinflint would reuse dental floss if he thought it would save money.