cheapskate vs penurious

cheapskate

noun
  • Someone who stingily avoids spending money. 

  • Someone who does not give freely. 

penurious

adj
  • Miserly; excessively cheap. 

  • Not bountiful; thin; scant. 

  • Impoverished; wanting for money. 

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