Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Lesson 399. The lesson today is the difference
between stingy, greedy , and frugal. Yeah. Actually there's several others you can
almost add to this list. but somebody actually asked me to do these three
specifically. So I'm doing these three and then they're a good comparison but
we have actually a lot of words that fall into this category. And sometimes
it's not so easy to separate them, but we'll do our best to separate at least
these three in this video. All right. Let's continue.
if someone describes another person as stingy, it means that person is unwilling
to spend money or give up money or possessions and often unwilling to share,
especially when they should, especially when the situation calls for it that
they should be more generous. Or you know, when it's kind of the right thing to do
that everybody would do. And at that point they kind of want to hold on to
that money and they've been not really that thrilled to spend it. They are just
trying to keep it in their pocket. All right. Let's look at number two here. Or
the second one here. If we describe someone as greedy they desire more
things, more food, money or power. Yeah. We often use it for things like this. Greed
is used for food a lot too. Like when you don't want to share and you
want all the food for yourself. Okay. We use it with power definitely. We often
say somebody is greedy for power and it's much more than usually you need. So
they almost have an unending and limitless desire or ambition for more
and more. That's when people are greedy. Now somebody who is stingy does not
necessarily have a lot of ambition. Sometimes they only make a certain amount.
They don't want to do anymore. They, they might even be a little lazy. Sometimes
but they just don't want to spend. Greedy people are not usually lazy. They usually
they have a lot of ambition to get more. More of something. Whatever it is . Whether
it's power. Whether it's money. Whether it's food.
Yes and they're never really satisfied. Even though, they have a lot they have more than
they'll than they need they always still want more. Okay.
All right. Let's continue. If we describe someone is frugal... now frugal is probably one of
the better ones in the category of like somebody might think of us as cheap or
not spending that much money. It means one tries not to spend much money,
especially in the sense of not wasting money and prefers to spend only
on necessary things. So again this doesn't mean that they're necessarily like
unwilling to share. They may share you know, in their circle but they don't
squander usually. So they have kind of like the best excuse of it. They're, they're ...
So a frugal person would avoid extravagance.
You know, they figure, they don't need it. Maybe it just doesn't excite them
that much. And they prefer to live a more simple, a more basic life. Yes. Okay. So and
keep one's expense is simple. So in that sense they are frugal. So they don't want
to spend a lot for these sort of things. Good. So let's give several examples
which will help us to see the difference more. Don't be so stingy you should buy
her a more expensive gift. Yeah. Maybe the stingy is still buying a gift but he's
maybe buying a really cheap gift for you know, somebody his family or his wife
or something like that. And somebody is saying. No. Come on. You should do better
than that. You know, don't hold back on this. Don't
be so stingy in this sort of sense. That company is really stingy.
Maybe there's a boss that's kind of stingy with raises. Maybe he doesn't
really want to give raises even, even though the workers are working hard and
maybe they deserve it. Maybe in other companies you know, they're, they're
already getting more money. But he still doesn't want to give. You know , so so we
often say stingy is when people should be giving more but they they don't want
too Then they like to hold on to that money. Their raises are so meager they are
almost insulting. So maybe they'll give a raise but like in the US Oh
gives you a raise of a quarter per hour. And like you could hardly see the
difference in your paycheck or something like that. So it's it's a small amount. So
it's in this sense they're they're stingy. They're unwilling to give more,
especially when they should. Okay. Let's let's look at the next one. Even though,
congressman already make extremely high salaries ,they greedily voted to
give themselves huge raises. And then you know , maybe they'll cut spending in other
areas for their poor people can get it. But you know, even though they already
have a large salary. Oh Yeah. We got to raise our salary a lot. So really they
already have more than enough they're already living a very comfortable life,
But yet they still you know, took more basically. So it's greedy in that sort of
sense. All right. Number four. Don't be so greedy. You nearly ate the whole cake and
now you want the piece I saved for your brother. Yeah. Well I'm giving this
example because a lot of times we use it for food too. You know, like we might
think if something's like you know a pig or you know, as an animal. They don't
want to... in this sense they, they they kind of want it all. Basically. They
don't want to share in that sense. All right.
Sometimes the tricky part with stingy and greedy is you can get a person
that's both. You can get a person that is both stingy and greedy together. That's
why sometimes it's difficult. Sometimes some greedy people that their ambition
is a lot and they want a lot sometimes to know they may they may share, they may
share in a showing-off sense among their friends. You know they kind of do that
sometimes. But you can get a person that is both. Okay. Good.
And like I said a lot of the stingy people don't necessarily have the
ambition or the desire to go out and get more. Okay. Let's continue. Number six . The
only reason he was able to save such a large share of his income is because he
lives a frugal lifestyle. Yeah. Maybe he just needs very basic meals. Maybe he just
buys some basic things. He doesn't go out with extravagance or waste a lot of
money. You know, he thinks about everything before he buys it. And you
know , He just kind of stays that way So in that sense, he doesn't want to waste. He
doesn't want to squander it. He'll sometimes, maybe spend money on things that he
likes. But ,but not, not extravagance. Okay. And number seven. The reason she is
frugal is that she is just trying not to squander away her hard-earned money. Yeah.
So again, this is another way. So , so like I said frugal is one of the better
ones of being cheap . You have a ...you have a better excuse. You are trying not to waste.
Trying not to squander. You're a type of person that could settle for a more
simple life. You don't, you don't. You're not. You're not. You're not interested in
competing with the Joneses for example. You know because they got something you
got to get it too. No, A frugal person doesn't do that. Okay. Anyway, I hope now
you can kind of clearly see the difference more between these three. When
you're more likely to use one than the other.
Okay. Thank you for your time. I hope you found it interesting so long, Bye-bye.