Gluttony vs. Greed

Gluttony and Greed Definitions

Excess in eating or drinking.

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).

The vice of eating to excess.

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.

Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity.

Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts.

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

Habitual eating to excess

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

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

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

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