Greed vs Justice - What's the difference?
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A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
* Shakespeare
The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
The civil power dealing with law.
A judge of certain courts. Also capitalized as a title.
Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
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
.greed
English
Noun
- 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) gluttonyDerived terms
* greedily * greediness * greedyExternal links
* *Anagrams
*justice
English
Noun
(en-noun)- the justice of a description
- This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.
- Justice was served.
- to demand justice
- Ministry of Justice
- the justice system
- ''Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court