Greedy vs Stinky - What's the difference?
greedy | stinky |
Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
* , chapter=7
, title= Prone to overeat.
(computing) Tending to match as much text as possible.
(slang) Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
(slang) Bad, undesirable.
* 1991, Theresa P. Gladden, Romancing Susan ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=e-NgFsYD8vEC] Bantam Books, ISBN 055344123X, page 37,
* 2003, Betty Levin, Shoddy Cove ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=KsSG2j82PJAC] HarperCollins, ISBN 0-06-052272-0, page 151,
* 2007, Aletha V. Smithson, “Pacifier Breaking” (poem), in As He Was Known ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=8BzMlduE8R8C] AuthorHouse, ISBN 1-4259-7805-3, page 172,
As adjectives the difference between greedy and stinky
is that greedy is having greed; consumed by selfish desires while stinky is having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.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)stinky
English
Adjective
(er)- […] she walked over to the table and switched off the Walkman as she sat down.
- “Hey!” Nikki yelped. “That was a stinky thing to do. That was my favorite song.”
- “School all year round.” The father groaned. “What a good idea.”
- “Stupid, stinky idea,” a child remarked from across the room.
- The binky drifted up and far away,
- To the man in the moon, I heard them say;
- A cute idea but a rotten stinky plan.