Covetousness vs Jealousy - What's the difference?
covetousness | jealousy |
Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.
* 1588: La Placette, Jean Of the Incurable Scepticism of the Church of Rome
* 1661: Johnson, J. The morning-exercise at Cripple-gate
* 1815: Lavington, Samuel Sermons and other discourses, Volume 1
* 1976: Ellul, Jacques The Ethics of Freedom page 134
(uncountable) A state of suspicious guarding towards a spouse, lover etc., from fears of infidelity.
(countable) A resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold.
* 1907 , Charles J. Archard, The Portland Peerage Romance :
Envy towards another's possessions
* 1891 , Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne, translated by R. W. Phipps, Memoirs Of Napoleon Bonaparte :
(archaic) A close concern for someone or something, solicitude, vigilance.
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As nouns the difference between covetousness and jealousy
is that covetousness is immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth while jealousy is a state of suspicious guarding towards a spouse, lover etc., from fears of infidelity.covetousness
English
Noun
(-)- He which will yield to Fear. mu?t nece??arily yield to Covetou?ne?s or any inordinate De?ire.
- Covetou?ne?s is the yelow Jaundice of the foul, which ari?es from the over-flowing of the heart with love to yellow gold, by which a Chri?tian is dull'd and deadned.
- Covetousness prevents all good, and is and inlet and encouragement to evil.
- In obvious compensation and opposition the fear of nothingness becomes the source of covetousness ...
Synonyms
* See alsojealousy
English
Noun
- Jealousy was, however, aroused among the English nobility at the favouritism shown the Dutch newcomer.
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- For euer I supoosed that he had ben to yonge and to tendyr to take vpon hym these aduentures / And therfore by my wille I wold haue dryuen hym aweye for Ialousy that I had of his lyf / for it maye be no yong knyghtes dede that shal enchyeue this aduenture to the ende
