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Frugality vs Covetousness - What's the difference?

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Frugality is a related term of covetousness.


As nouns the difference between frugality and covetousness

is that frugality is the quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift while covetousness is immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.

frugality

English

(wikipedia frugality)

Noun

(-)
  • The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift.
  • A sparing use; sparingness.

    • Synonyms

    * parsimony * thriftiness

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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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