Eager vs. Greedy

Eageradjective

(obsolete) Sharp; sour; acid.

Greedyadjective

Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.

Eageradjective

(obsolete) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

Greedyadjective

Prone to overeat.

Eageradjective

Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.

‘The hounds were eager in the chase.’; ‘I was eager to show my teacher how much I'd learned over the holidays.’; ‘You stayed up all night to get to the front of the queue. You must be very eager to get tickets.’;

Greedyadjective

(regular expressions) Tending to match as much text as possible.

‘This regular expression performs a greedy match.’;

Eageradjective

Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

Greedyadjective

That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.

Eageradjective

(comptheory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

‘an eager algorithm’;

Greedyadjective

Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; - followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.

Eagernoun

alternative form of eagre(tidal bore).

Greedyadjective

Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.

Eageradjective

Sharp; sour; acid.

Greedyadjective

immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth;

‘they are avaricious and will do anything for money’; ‘casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields’; ‘a grasping old miser’; ‘grasping commercialism’; ‘greedy for money and power’; ‘grew richer and greedier’; ‘prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees’;

Eageradjective

Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

Greedyadjective

(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous;

‘avid for adventure’; ‘an avid ambition to succeed’; ‘fierce devouring affection’; ‘the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity’; ‘greedy for fame’;

Eageradjective

Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase.

‘And gazed for tidings in my eager eyes.’; ‘How eagerly ye follow my disgraces!’; ‘When to her eager lips is broughtHer infant's thrilling kiss.’; ‘A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys.’; ‘Conceit and grief an eager combat fight.’;

Greedyadjective

wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume;

‘don't be greedy with the cookies’;

Eageradjective

Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

‘Gold will be sometimes so eager, as artists call it, that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself.’;

Eagernoun

Same as Eagre.

Eagernoun

a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

Eageradjective

having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy;

‘eager to learn’; ‘eager to travel abroad’; ‘eager for success’; ‘eager helpers’; ‘an eager look’;

Eageradjective

marked by active interest and enthusiasm;

‘an avid sports fan’; ‘a great walker’; ‘an eager beaver’;

Eageradjective

strongly wanting to do or have something

‘the man was eager to please’; ‘young intellectuals eager for knowledge’;

Eageradjective

(of a person's expression or tone of voice) keenly expectant or interested

‘small eager faces looked up and listened’;