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Gluttony vs Selfishness - What's the difference?

gluttony | selfishness |

As nouns the difference between gluttony and selfishness

is that gluttony is the vice of eating to excess while selfishness is the quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others.

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.

    See also

    * alimentiveness

    selfishness

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia selfishness)
  • the quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others
  • Antonyms

    * selflessness