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Greed vs Justice - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between greed and justice

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 justice is the title of a justice of court.

As a proper noun justice is

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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

    Anagrams

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    justice

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
  • the justice of a description
  • * Shakespeare
  • This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.
  • The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
  • Justice was served.
  • Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
  • to demand justice
  • The civil power dealing with law.
  • Ministry of Justice
    the justice system
  • A judge of certain courts. Also capitalized as a title.
  • ''Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court
  • Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
  • Antonyms

    * injustice

    Derived terms

    * Chief Justice * commutative justice * distributive justice * divine justice * do justice * justice of the peace * poetic justice * puisne justice * strict justice

    See also

    * fairness

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