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Greediness vs Greed - What's the difference?

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Greed is a synonym of greediness.

Greed is a derived term of greediness.



As nouns the difference between greediness and greed

is that greediness is the state of being greedy; greed while greed is a selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

greediness

English

Noun

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  • 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 […].

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    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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