Greed vs Pledge - What's the difference?
greed | pledge |
A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
To make a solemn promise (to do something).
To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
* 1773 ,
* 1852 , Matthew Arnold, Tristram and Iseult
A solemn promise to do something.
Something given by a person who is borrowing money etc to the person he has borrowed it from, to be kept until the money etc is returned.
A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but not yet formally approved.
A security to guarantee payment of a debt.
A drinking toast.
A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.
As nouns the difference between greed and pledge
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 pledge is a solemn promise to do something.As a verb pledge is
to make a solemn promise (to do something).greed
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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
*pledge
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(wikipedia pledge)Verb
(pledg)- HARDCASTLE [Taking the cup.] I hope you'll find it to your mind. I have prepared it with my own hands, and I believe you'll own the ingredients are tolerable. Will you be so good as to pledge me, sir? Here, Mr. Marlow, here is to our better acquaintance. [Drinks.]
- Reach me my golden cup that stands by thee,
- And pledge me in it first for courtesy.
