What's the difference between economical and thrifty?

Economical


Definition:

  • (a.) Pertaining to the household; domestic.
  • (a.) Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs.
  • (a.) Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.
  • (a.) Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time.
  • (a.) Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths.
  • (a.) Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The recent rise in manufacturing has been welcomed by George Osborne as a sign that his economic policies are bearing fruit.
  • (2) An “out” vote would severely disrupt our lives, in an economic sense and a private sense.
  • (3) Of course the job is not done and we will continue to remain vigilant to all risks, particularly when the global economic situation is so uncertain,” the chancellor said in a statement.
  • (4) The west Africa Ebola epidemic “Few global events match epidemics and pandemics in potential to disrupt human security and inflict loss of life and economic and social damage,” he said.
  • (5) He had been extremely frustrated that indicators of economic recovery over the past few days had been drowned out by the clamour over the Labour leadership.
  • (6) "There is … a risk that the political, trade, and gas frictions with Russia could lead to strong deterioration in economic relations between the two countries, with a significant drop in Ukraine's exports to and imports from Russia.
  • (7) There was a 35% decrease in the number of patients seeking emergency treatment and one study put the savings in economic and social costs at just under £7m a year .
  • (8) It is widely seen as a counter to China’s economic might in Asia, and the world’s second largest economy is notably absent from the list of signatories.
  • (9) From the social economic point of view nosocomial infections represent a very important cost factor, which could be reduced to great deal by activities for prevention of nosocomial infection.
  • (10) He said Germany was Russia’s most important economic partner, and pointed out that 35% of German gas originated in Russia.
  • (11) "These developments are clearly unwarranted on the basis of economic and budgetary fundamentals in these two member states and the steps that they are taking to reinforce those fundamentals."
  • (12) It did the job of triggering growth, but it also fueled real-estate speculation, similar to what was going on in the mid-2000s here.” Slowing economic growth may be another concern.
  • (13) October 23, 2013 3.55pm BST Another reason to be concerned about the global economy - Canada's central bank has slashed its economic forecasts for the US.
  • (14) The district’s $110bn of economic activity went up by 22% since 2007, outpacing city growth by 9% during the same period.
  • (15) Socio-economic improvement or behavioural changes appear necessary for the control of trachoma in endemic areas.
  • (16) Biomass and crops for animals are as damaging as [burning] fossil fuels.” The recommendation follows advice last year that a vegetarian diet was better for the planet from Lord Nicholas Stern , former adviser to the Labour government on the economics of climate change.
  • (17) To safeguard its long-time regional ally, Iran gave full political, economic and military backing to the embattled Syrian president.
  • (18) Based on the economics of most countries in Africa, their Health Budgets can afford mostly the non-opioid and strong opioid drugs in more or less adequate quantities.
  • (19) He elaborates: "Republicans use powerful economic wedge issues to great impact.
  • (20) Documents seen by the Guardian show that blood supplies for one fiscal year were paid for by donations from America’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID) – and both countries have imposed economic sanctions against the Syrian government.

Thrifty


Definition:

  • (superl.) Given to, or evincing, thrift; characterized by economy and good menegement of property; sparing; frugal.
  • (superl.) Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic.
  • (superl.) Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt.
  • (superl.) Secured by thrift; well husbanded.
  • (superl.) Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The amount of this dye required for various staining solutions was calculated to determine thrifty usage.
  • (2) Surgical approach of benign nodules and goiters in euthyroid patients is not yet well definite concerning the latent of the resection: has it to be large (for avoiding recurrence) of thrifty (in the aim of decreasing the necessity of postoperative thyroid replacement therapy)?
  • (3) Has anyone seen the price of Foie gras and Armand de Brignac... we need at least 25% July 1, 2013 And, ever the solutions man, he also had advice for those wishing to keep cool in the hot weather: Iain Duncan Smith MP (@IDS_MP) A thrifty way to keep cool in this heat wave is to dab the ice from your Champagne bucket onto your forehead.
  • (4) It also is hypothesized that this thrifty genotype in these Indians may contribute to NIDDM when a sedentary life-style is adopted and food sources are constant.
  • (5) A 0.5% level of dietary isoleucine (2.2% of total nitrogen X 6.25) was the lowest level fed that did not have a response significantly lower than the higher levels fed, and that generally promoted a thrifty and well-groomed appearance of the animals.
  • (6) New Zealanders, particularly those in the South Island, may have adapted to their low Se environment by thriftiness in urinary excretion of Se.
  • (7) David Palmer-Jones, CEO of recycling company SITA, said: “The EU rightly wants to move the UK from a throw-away to a thrifty society.
  • (8) With an assured food supply and a sedentary lifestyle, however, the 'thrifty' genotype(s) becomes disadvantageous, leading to obesity, increased insulin resistance, beta cell decompensation, and NIDDM (3,6).
  • (9) It’s in the nature of Smaland to be thrifty,” he said, referring to Sweden’s southern agricultural region where he comes from.
  • (10) Which leads to discussing its connections to a death-instinct and masochism, and to situate narcissism as an easy way to find a balance as opposed to an elaborate and thrifty but disordered imbalance, and in its constructive value for one's identity.
  • (11) In May, her blog won the judges' choice prize at the glitzy Fortnum and Mason food awards (they praised Monroe's recipes as "so nutritious and thrifty that they are being handed out by food banks as examples of how to manage on next to nothing").
  • (12) Swabians are well-known for their thriftiness in Germany .
  • (13) The Wilting Flower by Doncaster designer Carl Smith ( coroflot.com ) blooms when you're energy thrifty and wilts when you're wasteful.
  • (14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Uber’s subsidizing of fares has helped it to built a loyal base of thrifty fans.
  • (15) The London Community Credit Union has 12,000 Hackney and Tower Hamlets members, low-earning thrifty savers who are about to be hit hard.
  • (16) The frequency of this salt-conserving (thrifty) genotype in Western hemisphere blacks may have been further increased as a consequence of severe selection pressures for survival based on the ability to conserve sodium during the slavery period of history in the West.
  • (17) During my childhood, my mother baked a cake every Saturday: I remember Victoria sponges, cherry madeiras, chocolate sandwich cakes, coffee and walnut cakes with buttercream icing, dundee cake, and being allowed to “clean out” the last remnants of the mix (never enough, for my mother was a thrifty wielder of her spatula).
  • (18) To serve as the basis of cost comparison, USDA "moderate-cost" and "thrifty" menus for one week were modified to meet guidelines for a cholesterol-lowering diet.
  • (19) In accordance with the thrifty gene hypothesis, the insulin resistance gene has protected individuals during long periods of starving by storing energy as fat rather than as glycogen in muscle.
  • (20) The older generation were far more thrifty than us."