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Coveting vs Wishing - What's the difference?

coveting | wishing |

As verbs the difference between coveting and wishing

is that coveting is while wishing is .

As nouns the difference between coveting and wishing

is that coveting is the act of one who covets while wishing is the act of making a wish.

coveting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who covets.
  • * 1867 , John Goodwin, Pleroma to Pneumatikon
    • In the meantime, by the light of this discourse, we clearly see why God so highly prizeth zealous covetings and desires in men after spiritual things

    wishing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making a wish.
  • * 1852 , Chambers's Papers for the People (volumes 9-10, page 167)
    • Discourse there was none; only exclamations and interjections, and wishings , wishings, wishings that Bessy were but his own for ever — his dear, dear little wife, as assuredly one day she should be!