Greedy vs Envious - What's the difference?

Greedy is a related term of envious.

As adjectives the difference between greedy and envious

is that greedy is having greed; consumed by selfish desires while envious is feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.

greedy

English

Adjective

(er)

Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.

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Prone to overeat.

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Synonyms

* gluttonous * See also

Derived terms

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

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envious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging

an envious''' man, disposition, or attack; '''envious tongues

* Bible, Proverbs xxiv. 19.

Neither be thou envious at the wicked.

* Keble

My soul is envious of mine eye.

Excessively careful; cautious.

* Jeremy Taylor

No men are so envious of their health.

(obsolete) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.

* Shakespeare

Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.

(obsolete, poetic) Inspiring envy.

* Spenser

He to him leapt, and that same envious gage / Of victor's glory from him snatched away.

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