Avaricious vs Venality - What's the difference?
avaricious | venality |
Actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate, accumulating property.
* Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)
The fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption.
:* 1785': As your spirited paper has declared war, not only against '''venality and despotism, but was intended to correct follies and abuses in private life, I hope the following will come within its useful plan. — ''The Times , 17 Jan 1785, p.1 col. B
As an adjective avaricious
is actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.As a noun venality is
the fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption.avaricious
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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...