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So I told my mum that I’d rather park in a free zone in the city and walk 3 minutes to get to the destination instead of pay $15 per hour at a parking complex right next to the destination. She called me stingy. I asked for examples to differentiate between stingy and frugal, but all her examples could be shown to be both stingy and frugal.

Thus it got me thinking, is there a difference? Sure we can all come up with a fancy definition. But when it comes to giving tangible examples, most people break down and can’t give an example specific to that word. So, give me examples of the difference between thrifty, frugal, stingy and cheap.