Greed vs. Envy

Greednoun

A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

Greednoun

An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.

Greednoun

excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

Greednoun

reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Greednoun

intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food

Greed

Greed (or avarice) is an uncontrolled longing for increase in the acquisition or use of material gain (be it food, money, land, or animate/inanimate possessions); or social value, such as status, or power. Greed has been identified as undesirable throughout known human history because it creates behavior-conflict between personal and social goals.

Envynoun

Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).

Envynoun

An object of envious notice or feeling.

Envynoun

(obsolete) Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling.

Envynoun

(obsolete) Emulation; rivalry.

Envynoun

(obsolete) Public odium; ill repute.

Envyverb

(transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions.

Envyverb

To have envious feelings (at).

Envyverb

To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly; to begrudge.

Envyverb

(obsolete) To show malice or ill will; to rail.

Envyverb

(obsolete) To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.

Envyverb

(obsolete) To hate.

Envyverb

(obsolete) To emulate.

Envynoun

Malice; ill will; spite.

Envynoun

Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; - usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Cæsar.

Envynoun

Emulation; rivalry.

Envynoun

Public odium; ill repute.

Envynoun

An object of envious notice or feeling.

Envyverb

To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it.

Envyverb

To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge.

Envyverb

To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.

Envyverb

To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.

Envyverb

To hate.

Envyverb

To emulate.

Envyverb

To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; - used especially with at.

Envyverb

To show malice or ill will; to rail.

Envynoun

a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another

Envynoun

spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Envyverb

feel envious towards; admire enviously

Envyverb

be envious of; set one's heart on

Envynoun

a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck

Envynoun

a person or thing that inspires envy

Envyverb

desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable thing belonging to (someone else)

Envyverb

desire for oneself (something belonging to another)

Envy

Envy (from Latin invidia) is an emotion which occurs when a person lacks another's superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it.Aristotle defined envy as pain at the sight of another's good fortune, stirred by . Bertrand Russell said that envy was one of the most potent causes of unhappiness.