belt-tightening vs penurious

belt-tightening

adj
  • Causing or involving a reduction in expenditure. 

noun
  • A reduction in expenditure, often as a result of financial restrictions. 

penurious

adj
  • Impoverished; wanting for money. 

  • Miserly; excessively cheap. 

  • Not bountiful; thin; scant. 

How often have the words belt-tightening and penurious occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )