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Gluttony vs Avarice - What's the difference?

gluttony | avarice |

As nouns the difference between gluttony and avarice

is that gluttony is the vice of eating to excess while avarice is excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

gluttony

English

Noun

(-)
  • The vice of eating to excess.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.

    Related terms

    * glut * glutton * gluttonous * gluttonry

    See also

    * alimentiveness

    avarice

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
  • Inordinate desire for some supposed good.

    • Synonyms

    * avariciousness * See also

    Related terms

    * avaricious, avariciously

    Anagrams

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