What is the difference between greedy and avid?
greedy | avid |
Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
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enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy
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As adjectives the difference between greedy and avid
is that greedy is having greed; consumed by selfish desires while avid is enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy.greedy
English
Adjective
(er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}
Synonyms
* gluttonous * See alsoDerived terms
* greed (by back-formation) * greediness * greedy-gutsExternal links
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* (l)avid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm an avid reader.
- We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.