Jealousy vs Greed - What's the difference?
jealousy | greed |
(uncountable) A state of suspicious guarding towards a spouse, lover etc., from fears of infidelity.
(countable) A resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold.
* 1907 , Charles J. Archard, The Portland Peerage Romance :
Envy towards another's possessions
* 1891 , Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne, translated by R. W. Phipps, Memoirs Of Napoleon Bonaparte :
(archaic) A close concern for someone or something, solicitude, vigilance.
* :
A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
As nouns the difference between jealousy and greed
is that jealousy is a state of suspicious guarding towards a spouse, lover etc., from fears of infidelity while greed is a selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.jealousy
English
Noun
- Jealousy was, however, aroused among the English nobility at the favouritism shown the Dutch newcomer.
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- For euer I supoosed that he had ben to yonge and to tendyr to take vpon hym these aduentures / And therfore by my wille I wold haue dryuen hym aweye for Ialousy that I had of his lyf / for it maye be no yong knyghtes dede that shal enchyeue this aduenture to the ende
Synonyms
* jealousnessAntonyms
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* (projectlink) *greed
English
Noun
- His greed was his undoing.
- What drove them was their ambition, their greed for power.
