Dreed vs Greed - What's the difference?
dreed | greed |
(dree)
To suffer; bear; thole; endure; put up with; undergo.
* 1885 , Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , volume 8:
To endure; brook; be able to do or continue.
(now, chiefly, dialectal) Long; large; ample; great.
(now, chiefly, dialectal) Great; of serious moment.
(now, chiefly, dialectal) Tedious; wearisome; tiresome.
A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
As a verb dreed
is (dree).As a noun greed is
a selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.dreed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* ----dree
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) dreen, dreghen, dreogen, from (etyl) . See also (l), (l).Verb
(d)- And redoubled pine for its dwellers I dree .
Derived terms
* (l) *Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (Scotland)Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 3
From (etyl) dreghe, dregh, from dregh, . See above.Anagrams
* * * * ----greed
English
Noun
- His greed was his undoing.
- What drove them was their ambition, their greed for power.