Myopic vs Greedy - What's the difference?
myopic | greedy |
nearsighted; unable to see distant objects unaided
shortsighted; improvident
narrow minded
A short-sighted individual.
* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 23, author=Polly Morrice, title=Descended From Salinger, work=New York Times
, passage=The offbeat little girls of “Playdate,” whose mothers stumble through parenthood, are not the first characters to feel like cultural descendants of Salinger’s children, those savants, myopics , guileless nose pickers and practicing belchers who seem to glow on the page, highlighting the shallowness of the adults. }}
Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
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, title= Prone to overeat.
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As adjectives the difference between myopic and greedy
is that myopic is nearsighted; unable to see distant objects unaided while greedy is having greed; consumed by selfish desires.As a noun myopic
is a short-sighted individual.myopic
English
(Myopia)Adjective
(en adjective)- Corrective lenses compensate for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye.
- A stronger prescription for myopic night drivers is often needed.
Synonyms
* short-sighted * near-sightedAntonyms
* hyperopicNoun
(en noun)citation
See also
* presbyopicgreedy
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.”}}