Miser vs. Miter — What's the Difference?

A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities, in order to hoard money or other possessions. Although the word is sometimes used loosely to characterise anyone who is mean with their money, if such behaviour is not accompanied by taking delight in what is saved, it is not properly miserly.

The liturgical headdress and part of the insignia of a Christian bishop. In the Western church it is a tall pointed hat with peaks in front and back, worn at all solemn functions.

One who lives very meagerly in order to hoard money.

A thong for binding the hair, worn by women in ancient Greece.

A greedy or avaricious person.

The ceremonial headdress worn by ancient Jewish high priests.

(pejorative) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.

A miter joint.

A kind of earth auger, typically large-bored and often hand-operated.

The edge of a piece of material that has been beveled preparatory to making a miter joint.

A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune.

A miter square.

A despicable person; a wretch.

To bestow a miter upon.

A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard.

To make (two pieces or surfaces) join with a miter joint.

A stingy person; one very reluctant to spend money.

To bevel the edges of for joining with a miter joint.

A kind of large earth auger.

To meet in a miter joint.

A stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)

(American spelling) to unite at an angle of 45°

(American spelling) mitre

A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by bishops and other church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks.

The surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.

A sort of base money or coin.

To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter.

To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to fit together in a miter joint.

To bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle.

To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction.

Joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner

The surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made;

A liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions

Bevel the edges of, to make a miter joint

Confer a miter on (a bishop)

Fit together in a miter joint