Greediness vs Appetite - What's the difference?
greediness | appetite | Related terms |
The state of being greedy; greed.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.11:
*:Thereto the body of a dog she had, / Full of fell ravin and fierce greedinesse […].
Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
* (Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
* (1800-1859)
The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
* (Richard Hooker) (1554-1600)
A taste, preference.
Greediness is a related term of appetite.
As nouns the difference between greediness and appetite
is that greediness is the state of being greedy; greed while appetite is desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.greediness
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* See alsoappetite
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(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite . There is something humiliating about it.}}
- If God had given to eagles an appetite to swim.
- To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous.
- The object of appetite is whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek.
