Covetous vs Ambitious - What's the difference?
covetous | ambitious |
Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (especially money); avaricious.
Possessing, or controlled by ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
* 1891 , , "The Man with the Twisted Lip,"
Strongly desirous—followed by "of" or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring.
Hard to achieve.
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As adjectives the difference between covetous and ambitious
is that covetous is inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (especially money); avaricious while ambitious is possessing, or controlled by ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.covetous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* covetousnessExternal links
* *ambitious
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- As I grew richer I grew more ambitious , took a house in the country, and eventually married, without anyone having a suspicion as to my real occupation.
Ideas coming down the track, passage=A “moving platform” scheme
Usage notes
* Said of people, projects, plans, goals, etc.Derived terms
* ambitiously * ambitiousness * overambitiousReferences
* * * * * "ambitious" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002) * "
ambitious" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * "
ambitious" in Compact Oxford English Dictionary , (Oxford University Press, 2007)