Difference between Penurious and Poor

What is the difference between Penurious and Poor?

Penurious as an adjective is miserly; excessively cheap. while Poor as an adjective is with little or no possessions or money.

Penurious

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Miserly; excessively cheap. Not bountiful; thin; scant. Impoverished; wanting for money.

Poor

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: With little or no possessions or money.To be pitied.Of low quality.Of inadequate amount.Deficient in a specified way.Those people as a group who have little or no possessions or money. (see usage notes)

Example sentence: I work a lot in the slums of Tondo, Manila, and the life there is poor and very sad. And I've always taught to myself to look for the beauty of it and look in the beauty of the faces of the children and to be grateful.

We hope you now know whether to use Penurious or Poor in your sentence.

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