different between sparse vs stinted

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sparsus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sp??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sp???s/

Adjective

sparse (comparative sparser, superlative sparsest)

1. Having widely spaced intervals.
2. Not dense; meager; scanty
3. (mathematics) Having few nonzero elements

Synonyms

• (having widely spaced intervals): spread out, thin; see also Thesaurus:diffuse
• (meager): insufficient, paltry; see also Thesaurus:inadequate

Derived terms

• sparsen
• sparsification
• sparsity

Related terms

• sparge

Translations

See also

• thin out

Verb

sparse (third-person singular simple present sparses, present participle sparsing, simple past and past participle sparsed)

1. (obsolete) To disperse, to scatter.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:disperse

Anagrams

• Arpses, Aspers, Spears, Speras, aspers, parses, passer, prases, presas, repass, sarpes, spares, spaser, spears

Italian

Verb

sparse

1. third-person singular past historic of spargere
2. third-person singular past historic of sparere

sparse f

1. feminine plural of sparso

Anagrams

• pressa, spersa

Latin

Participle

sparse

1. vocative masculine singular of sparsus

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sparse]

Verb

sparse

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of sparge

English

Adjective

stinted (comparative more stinted, superlative most stinted)

1. (dated) Constrained; restrained; confined.
   • c.1846-1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, Chapter 14: Paul grows more and more Old-fashioned, and goes Home for the Holidays,

     Neither Mr Toots nor Mr Feeder could partake of this or any other snuff, even in the most stinted and moderate degree, without being seized with convulsions of sneezing.

   • 1853, Currer Bell (Charlotte Brontë), Villette, Chapter XXVI: A Burial,

     Mr. Home himself offered me a handsome sum—thrice my present salary—if I would accept the office of companion to his daughter. I declined. I think I should have declined had I been poorer than I was, and with scantier fund of resource, more stinted narrowness of future prospect.

   • 1890, Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives, Chapter XIII: The Color Line in New York,

     Nevertheless, he has always had to pay higher rents than even these for the poorest and most stinted rooms.

Verb

stinted

1. simple past tense and past participle of stint

Anagrams

• dentist, distent