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Smallness vs Penuriousness - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between smallness and penuriousness

is that smallness is the state or quality of being small while penuriousness is the quality of being penurious.

smallness

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being small.
  • :His smallness didn't bother him, except when he needed something off the top shelf.
  • (countable) The result or product of being small.

    • penuriousness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being penurious.
  • :In Dickens' ''A Christmas Carol'', the character Ebenezer Scrooge is renowned for his penuriousness.

    • Synonyms

    *(quality of being penurious ): cheapness, frugality, miserliness, thriftiness