Envy vs. Hate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Envy and Hate
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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.
Hate
To feel strong dislike for or hostility toward
Rivals who hate each other.
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
Hate
To feel dislike or distaste for
Hates washing dishes.
Hates to get up early.
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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Hate
To be disinclined (to do something) out of politeness or a need to apologize
I hate to interrupt, but can I ask you a quick question?.
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.
Hate
To feel hatred.
Envy
The object of such feeling
Their new pool made them the envy of their neighbors.
Hate
Intense animosity or dislike; hatred.
Envy
(Obsolete) Malevolence.
Hate
An object of hatred.
One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.
Envy
To feel envy toward (another person).
Hate
Hatred.
He gave me a look filled with pure hate.
Envy
To regard (something) with envy.
Hate
(Internet slang) Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Justin Bieber from his fans.
Envy
Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).
Hate
(transitive) To dislike intensely or greatly.
Envy
An object of envious notice or feeling.
Hate
(intransitive) To experience hatred.
Do not fear; he who fears hates; he who hates kills. — attributed to Gandhi
Envy
(obsolete) Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling.
Hate
To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy.
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer.
Envy
(obsolete) Emulation; rivalry.
Hate
To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that; as, to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything should be wasted.
I hate that he should linger here.
Envy
(obsolete) Public odium; ill repute.
Hate
To love less, relatively.
Envy
A red-skinned variety of eating apple.
Hate
Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; - opposed to love.
For in a wink the false love turns to hate.
Envy
(transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions.
Hate
The emotion of hate; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
Envy
(transitive) To resentfully or discontentedly desire (something someone else has that one lacks).
Hate
Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards;
I hate Mexican food
She detests politicians
Envy
To have envious feelings (at).
Envy
To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly; to begrudge.
Envy
(obsolete) To show malice or ill will; to rail.
Envy
(obsolete) To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
Envy
(obsolete) To hate.
Envy
(obsolete) To emulate.
Envy
Malice; ill will; spite.
If he evade us there,Enforce him with his envy to the people.
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.
Envy
Emulation; rivalry.
Such as cleanliness and decencyPrompt to a virtuous envy.
Envy
Public odium; ill repute.
To lay the envy of the war upon Cicero.
Envy
An object of envious notice or feeling.
This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world.
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.
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.
Envy
To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share.
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.
Envy
To hate.
Envy
To emulate.
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?
Envy
To show malice or ill will; to rail.
Envy
A feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another
Envy
Spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Envy
Feel envious towards; admire enviously
Envy
Be envious of; set one's heart on
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