Frugal vs. Thrifty

Frugal and Thrifty Definitions
Frugal
Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources.
Thrifty
Practicing or marked by the practice of thrift; wisely economical.
Frugal
Simple or costing little; meager or inexpensive
A frugal lunch.
Thrifty
Thriving; prosperous.
Frugal
Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste.
Frugal advice
Thrifty
Growing vigorously; thriving, as a plant.
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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.
Thrifty
Showing thrift; economical; frugal.
Frugal
Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal fortune.
Thrifty
(dated) Thriving, prosperous, successful; (of an animal or plant) growing rapidly or vigorously.
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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Thrifty
(obsolete) Preserved by thrift; carefully managed.
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Thrifty
Given to, or evincing, thrift; characterized by economy and good menegement of property; sparing; frugal.
Her chaffer was so thrifty and so new.
I am glad he hath so much youth and vigor left, of which he hath not been thrifty.
Thrifty
Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic.
Thrifty
Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt.
Thrifty
Secured by thrift; well husbanded.
I have five hundred crowns,The thrifty hire I saved under your father.
Thrifty
Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming.
I sit at home, I have no thrifty cloth.
Thrifty
Careful and diligent in the use of resources
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Thrifty
Mindful of the future in spending money;
Careful with money