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Charitable vs Avaricious - What's the difference?

charitable | avaricious |

As adjectives the difference between charitable and avaricious

is that charitable is pertaining to charity while avaricious is actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate|accumulating property.

charitable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to charity.
  • Kind, generous.
  • Having a purpose or character of a charity.

    • Synonyms

    * eleemosynary

    Derived terms

    * charitable organization * charitable purpose

    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

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