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Gluttony and Greed Definitions

Gluttony

Excess in eating or drinking.

Greed

An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth
"Many ... attach to competition the stigma of selfish greed" (Henry Fawcett).

Gluttony

The vice of eating to excess.

Greed

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

Gluttony

Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity.
Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts.
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Greed

To desire in a greedy manner, or to act on such a desire.

Gluttony

Habitual eating to excess

Greed

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

Gluttony

Eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Greed

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

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

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