Frugal vs. Parsimonious
Frugal and Parsimonious Definitions
Frugal
Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources.
Parsimonious
Excessively sparing or frugal.
Frugal
Simple or costing little; meager or inexpensive
A frugal lunch.
Parsimonious
Accounting for observed data with a relatively simple explanation
The physicist argued that her new theory was more parsimonious than the standard model.
Frugal
Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste.
Frugal advice
Parsimonious
Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal to excess.
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Frugal
Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time.
I oft admireHow Nature, wise and frugal, could commitSuch disproportions.
Parsimonious
Using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures.
Frugal
Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal fortune.
Parsimonious
(sports) Not conceding many goals.
Frugal
Avoiding waste;
An economical meal
An economical shopper
A frugal farmer
A frugal lunch
A sparing father and a spending son
Sparing in their use of heat and light
Stinting in bestowing gifts
Thrifty because they remember the great Depression
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Parsimonious
Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.
A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious.
Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the expense of many years; whereas a long, parsimonious war will drain us of more men and money.
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Parsimonious
Excessively unwilling to spend;
Parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses
Lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence
