Stinted vs Saved - What's the difference?
stinted | saved |
(dated) Constrained; restrained; confined.
* c.1846-1848 , , Chapter 14: Paul grows more and more Old-fashioned, and goes Home for the Holidays,
* 1853 , Currer Bell ( , Chapter XXVI: A Burial,
* 1890 , , Chapter XIII: The Color Line in New York,
(stint)
(save)
(Christianity) Rescued from the consequences of sin.
As adjectives the difference between stinted and saved
is that stinted is (dated) constrained; restrained; confined while saved is (christianity) rescued from the consequences of sin.As verbs the difference between stinted and saved
is that stinted is (stint) while saved is (save).stinted
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Neither Mr Toots nor Mr Feeder could partake of this or any other snuff, even in the most stinted and moderate degree, without being seized with convulsions of sneezing.
- Mr. Home himself offered me a handsome sum—thrice my present salary—if I would accept the office of companion to his daughter. I declined. I think I should have declined had I been poorer than I was, and with scantier fund of resource, more stinted narrowness of future prospect.
- Nevertheless, he has always had to pay higher rents than even these for the poorest and most stinted rooms.
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(head)Anagrams
* dentistsaved
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- 1988: Are you saved, Mr Woardly-Fish?'' —