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Avaricious vs Griping - What's the difference?

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Avaricious is a synonym of griping.


As an adjective avaricious

is actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate|accumulating property.

As a verb griping is

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As a noun griping is

pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; gripe.

avaricious

English

Alternative forms

* avaritious (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate, accumulating property.
  • * Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)
    • In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious , rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * avariciously * avariciousness

    Related terms

    * avarice

    References

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    griping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; gripe.
  • * 1824 , John Mason Good, The study of medicine: with a physiological system of nosology
    • The gripings are always severe, and a sort of painful descent of the bowels accompanies every evacuation.