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Greed vs Gluttony - What's the difference?

greed | gluttony |

Gluttony is a synonym of greed.



As nouns the difference between greed and gluttony

is that greed is a selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions while gluttony is the vice of eating to excess.

greed

English

Noun

  • A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
    • His greed was his undoing.
    What drove them was their ambition, their greed for power.

    Synonyms

    * (selfish desire for more than is needed) avarice, covetousness, greediness, rapacity * See also * (desire for food) gluttony

    Derived terms

    * greedily * greediness * greedy

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    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