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Greed vs Selfishness - What's the difference?

greed | selfishness |

As nouns the difference between greed and selfishness

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 selfishness is the quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others.

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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    selfishness

    English

    Noun

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

    • Antonyms

    * selflessness