Envy vs. Covet
Difference Between Envy and Covet
Envy➦
Envy (from Latin invidia) is an emotion which occurs when a person lacks another's superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it.Aristotle defined envy as pain at the sight of another's good fortune, stirred by "those who have what we ought to have". Bertrand Russell said that envy was one of the most potent causes of unhappiness.
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Covet➦
yearn to possess (something, especially something belonging to another)
I covet one of their smart bags
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Envy➦
a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck
she felt a twinge of envy for the people on board
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Covet➦
To feel strong or immoderate desire for (that which is another's).
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Envy➦
desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable thing belonging to (someone else)
I envy Jane her happiness
he envied people who did not have to work at the weekends
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Covet➦
To wish for (something) longingly.
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Envy➦
A feeling of discontent and resentment aroused by and in conjunction with desire for the possessions or qualities of another. See Usage Note at jealous.
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Covet➦
To covet that which is another's.
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Envy➦
The object of such feeling
Their new pool made them the envy of their neighbors.
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Covet➦
(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
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Envy➦
(Obsolete) Malevolence.
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Covet➦
(transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
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Envy➦
To feel envy toward (another person).
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Covet➦
(intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.
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Envy➦
To regard (something) with envy.
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Covet➦
To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; - used in a good sense.
Covet earnestly the best gifts.
If it be a sin to covet honor,I am the most offending soul alive.
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Envy➦
Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).
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Covet➦
To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house.
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Envy➦
An object of envious notice or feeling.
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Covet➦
To have or indulge inordinate desire.
Which [money] while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith.
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Envy➦
(obsolete) Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling.
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Covet➦
wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person);
She covets her sister's house
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Envy➦
(obsolete) Emulation; rivalry.
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Envy➦
(obsolete) Public odium; ill repute.
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Envy➦
A red-skinned variety of eating apple.
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Envy➦
(transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions.
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Envy➦
(transitive) To resentfully or discontentedly desire (something someone else has that one lacks).
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Envy➦
To have envious feelings (at).
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Envy➦
To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly; to begrudge.
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Envy➦
(obsolete) To show malice or ill will; to rail.
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Envy➦
(obsolete) To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
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Envy➦
(obsolete) To hate.
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Envy➦
(obsolete) To emulate.
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Envy➦
Malice; ill will; spite.
If he evade us there,Enforce him with his envy to the people.
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Envy➦
Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; - usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Cæsar.
Envy is a repining at the prosperity or good of another, or anger and displeasure at any good of another which we want, or any advantage another hath above us.
No blissEnjoyed by us excites his envy more.
Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave,Is emulation in the learned or brave.
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Envy➦
Emulation; rivalry.
Such as cleanliness and decencyPrompt to a virtuous envy.
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Envy➦
Public odium; ill repute.
To lay the envy of the war upon Cicero.
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Envy➦
An object of envious notice or feeling.
This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world.
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Envy➦
To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it.
A woman does not envy a man for his fighting courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty.
Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.
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Envy➦
To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge.
I have seen thee fight,When I have envied thy behavior.
Jeffrey . . . had actually envied his friends their cool mountain breezes.
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Envy➦
To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share.
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Envy➦
To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
If I make a lieTo gain your love and envy my best mistress,Put me against a wall.
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Envy➦
To hate.
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Envy➦
To emulate.
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Envy➦
To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; - used especially with at.
Who would envy at the prosperity of the wicked?
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Envy➦
To show malice or ill will; to rail.
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Envy➦
a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another
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Envy➦
spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
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Envy➦
feel envious towards; admire enviously
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Envy➦
be envious of; set one's heart on
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