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covetousness vs enviousness

enviousness vs covetousness

covetousness and enviousness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
covetousness Yes No No No
enviousness Yes No No No
As nouns, enviousness is a hypernym of covetousness; that is, enviousness is a word with a broader meaning than covetousness:
  • covetousness: an envious eagerness to possess something
  • enviousness: a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
Other hypernyms of covetousness include envy.
covetousness (noun) enviousness (noun)
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
extreme greed for material wealth
an envious eagerness to possess something
Difference between covetousness and enviousness

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