Stingier vs Stinkier - What's the difference?

stingier | stinkier |

As adjectives the difference between stingier and stinkier

is that stingier is comparative of stingy while stinkier is comparative of stinky.

stingier

English

Adjective

(head)

(stingy)

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stingy

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(er)

Stinging; able to sting.

Etymology 2

Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of .

Adjective

(er)

Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.

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Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* stingily * stinginess

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* English heteronyms English terms with multiple etymologies

stinkier

English

Adjective

(head)

(stinky)

Anagrams

stinky

English

Adjective

(er)

(slang) Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.

(slang) Bad, undesirable.

* 1991, Theresa P. Gladden, Romancing Susan ,^{[http://books.google.com/books?id=e-NgFsYD8vEC]} Bantam Books, ISBN 055344123X, page 37,

[…] she walked over to the table and switched off the Walkman as she sat down.

“Hey!” Nikki yelped. “That was a stinky thing to do. That was my favorite song.”

* 2003, Betty Levin, Shoddy Cove ,^{[http://books.google.com/books?id=KsSG2j82PJAC]} HarperCollins, ISBN 0-06-052272-0, page 151,

“School all year round.” The father groaned. “What a good idea.”

“Stupid, stinky idea,” a child remarked from across the room.

* 2007, Aletha V. Smithson, “Pacifier Breaking” (poem), in As He Was Known ,^{[http://books.google.com/books?id=8BzMlduE8R8C]} AuthorHouse, ISBN 1-4259-7805-3, page 172,

The binky drifted up and far away,

To the man in the moon, I heard them say;

A cute idea but a rotten stinky plan.