Covetousness vs Stinginess - What's the difference?
covetousness | stinginess | Related terms |
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
A lack of generosity.
Covetousness is a related term of stinginess.
As nouns the difference between covetousness and stinginess
is that covetousness is immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth while stinginess is a lack of generosity.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 ...