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Greed vs Honesty - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between greed and honesty

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 honesty is honor, decency, propriety.

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

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    Anagrams

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    honesty

    English

    (wikipedia honesty) (Lunaria) (Lunaria)

    Noun

  • honor, decency, propriety.
  • Chastity.
  • (label) The act, quality, or condition of being honest
  • (label) Any of various crucifers in the genus , several of which are grown as ornamentals.

    • Antonyms

    * dishonesty

    Derived terms

    * honesty is the best policy * maiden's honesty ()

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