Picky vs Greedy - What's the difference?
picky | greedy |
Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right.
(informal) A picture.
* 1988 , Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 44
Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
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, title= Prone to overeat.
(computing) Tending to match as much text as possible.
As adjectives the difference between picky and greedy
is that picky is fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right while greedy is having greed; consumed by selfish desires.As a noun picky
is (informal) a picture.picky
English
Adjective
(er)- I am very picky about the way my kitchen works.
Synonyms
* fussy * particular * anal retentive * finicky * pedantic * choosy * See alsoNoun
(pickies)- And who knows, I might do a few pickies of you - fully clothed, needless to say.
Alternative forms
* piccySynonyms
* picgreedy
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.”}}