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Stinginess vs Stingy - What's the difference?

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Stingy is a related term of stinginess.

Stinginess is a derived term of stingy.


As a noun stinginess

is a lack of generosity.

As a adjective stingy is

stinging; able to sting or stingy can be extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.

stinginess

English

Noun

(-)
  • A lack of generosity.
  • Synonyms

    * parsimony * niggardliness * see also greed, avarice

    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