acquisitiveness vs greed

acquisitiveness and greed both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acquisitiveness	Yes	No	No	No
greed	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, greed is a hypernym of acquisitiveness; that is, greed is a word with a broader meaning than acquisitiveness:

acquisitiveness: strong desire to acquire and possess
greed: excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

acquisitiveness (noun)	greed (noun)
strong desire to acquire and possess	reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
	excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves