Originally Posted by
seasoned vet
Originally Posted by
K2theAblaM
Originally Posted by seasoned vet
....sounds like people have stingy mixed up with cheap.
...stingy is more along the lines of not willing to share.
No man. They mean the exact same thing.
- No man.....they dont:
[h2]Definition of STINGY[/h2]
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: not generous or liberal : sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending <stingy with the salt> <stingy employee benefits>
....i mean, i guess one could say they're being stingy with their money, but when you read these stories its more about them being too broke to pay for it.
way to qualify the definition to fit your argument.
Stingy and cheap in the context of this thread mean the exact same thing.
[h1]cheap[/h1]
adjective
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costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: acheap dress.
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costing little labor or trouble: Words are cheap.
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charging low prices: a very cheap store.
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of little account; of small value;
mean; shoddy: cheapconduct; cheap workmanship.
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embarrassed; sheepish: He felt cheap about his mistake.
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obtainable at a low rate of interest: when money is cheap.
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of decreased value or purchasing power, as currencydepreciated due to inflation.
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stingy; miserly: He's too cheap to buy his own brother a cup ofcoffee.