Gluttony vs. Greed: What's the Difference?
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)