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Greediness vs Delicacy - What's the difference?

greediness | delicacy |

As nouns the difference between greediness and delicacy

is that greediness is the state of being greedy; greed while delicacy is the quality of being delicate.

greediness

English

Noun

(-)
  • 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 […].

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    delicacy

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia delicacy) (delicacies)
  • The quality of being delicate.
  • Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement -a Chinese delicacy
  • Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
  • Frailty of health or fitness.
  • Refinement in taste or discrimination.
  • Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.

    • Related terms

    * delicate * delicatessen * delicious * delight