Avaricious vs Possessive - What's the difference?
avaricious | possessive |
Actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate, accumulating property.
* Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)
Of or pertaining to ownership or possession.
(grammar) Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc.
Unwilling to yield possession of.
(grammar) The possessive case.
(grammar) A word used to indicate the possessive case.
As adjectives the difference between avaricious and possessive
is that avaricious is actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate|accumulating property while possessive is of or pertaining to ownership or possession.As a noun possessive is
(grammar) the possessive case.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...
