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Greeny vs Greedy - What's the difference?

greeny | greedy |

As adjectives the difference between greeny and greedy

is that greeny is greenish; like green, combined with green while greedy is having greed; consumed by selfish desires.

As a noun greeny

is a member of a Green party, a green.

greeny

English

Alternative forms

* greenie (noun only)

Noun

(greenies)
  • (pejorative) a member of a , a green
  • (slang) nasal mucus, a bogey
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • greenish; like green, combined with green
  • *"Above is a more accurate and helpful colour wheel based on what is sometimes called the 'Dual-Primary System' which is formed using six basic colours instead of three - a greeny' blue and a violety blue; an orangey red and and violety red; a ' greeny yellow and an orangey yellow." — [http://www.silkpainters-guild.co.uk/workshop2.html]
  • *"And my eyes are weird green grey. More greeny blue in daylight." — [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.shoe.lesbians.moderated/msg/6956e5b1291cbae0]
  • Anagrams

    *

    greedy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= 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.”}}
  • Prone to overeat.
  • (computing) Tending to match as much text as possible.
  • Synonyms

    * gluttonous * See also

    Derived terms

    * greed (by back-formation) * greediness * greedy-guts

    Anagrams

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