Acquisitive vs Avaricious - What's the difference?
acquisitive | avaricious | Synonyms |
(obsolete) Acquired.
Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
Actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate, accumulating property.
* Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)
Acquisitive is a synonym of avaricious.
As adjectives the difference between acquisitive and avaricious
is that acquisitive is (obsolete) acquired while avaricious is actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate|accumulating property.acquisitive
English
(Webster 1913)Adjective
(en adjective)- He is an acquisitive person.
- She has an acquisitive nature.
References
* ----avaricious
English
Alternative forms
* avaritious (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious , rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...