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Craving vs Covetousness - What's the difference?

craving | covetousness |

As nouns the difference between craving and covetousness

is that craving is a strong desire; yearning while covetousness is immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.

As a verb craving

is present participle of lang=en.

craving

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) cravinge, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A strong desire; yearning

    • Etymology 2

    From crave.

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    covetousness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.
  • * 1588: La Placette, Jean Of the Incurable Scepticism of the Church of Rome
    • He which will yield to Fear. mu?t nece??arily yield to Covetou?ne?s or any inordinate De?ire.
  • * 1661: Johnson, J. The morning-exercise at Cripple-gate
    • 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.
  • * 1815: Lavington, Samuel Sermons and other discourses, Volume 1
    • Covetousness prevents all good, and is and inlet and encouragement to evil.
  • * 1976: Ellul, Jacques The Ethics of Freedom page 134
    • In obvious compensation and opposition the fear of nothingness becomes the source of covetousness ...

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