Selfless vs Avaricious - What's the difference?
selfless | avaricious |
Having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish.
Actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate, accumulating property.
* Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)
As adjectives the difference between selfless and avaricious
is that selfless is having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish while avaricious is actuated]] by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of [[accumulate|accumulating property.selfless
English
(wikipedia selfless)Adjective
(en adjective)- In a selfless act of gratitude for saving his mother's life, Peter committed to giving money to his local breast cancer charity each year for the rest of his life.
Derived terms
* selflessnessavaricious
English
Alternative forms
* avaritious (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious , rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...
