Pride vs. Envy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pride and Envy
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Pride
Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association
Parental pride.
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.
Pride
The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others.
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
Pride
Pride is positive emotional response or attitude to something with an intimate connection to oneself, due to its perceived value. Oxford defines it amongst other things as "the quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's own importance" This may be related to one's own abilities or achievements, positive characteristics of friends or family, or one's country.
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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
Pride
A sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect.
Envy
(obsolete) Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling.
Pride
Arrogant or disdainful conduct or treatment; haughtiness.
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.
Pride
A cause or source of pleasure or satisfaction; the best of a group or class
These soldiers were their country's pride.
Envy
The object of such feeling
Their new pool made them the envy of their neighbors.
Pride
The most successful or thriving condition; prime
The pride of youth.
Envy
(Obsolete) Malevolence.
Pride
An excessively high opinion of oneself; conceit.
Envy
To feel envy toward (another person).
Pride
Mettle or spirit in horses.
Envy
To regard (something) with envy.
Pride
(Zoology) A group of lions, usually consisting of several related females and their offspring and a small number of unrelated adult males.
Envy
Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).
Pride
A flamboyant or impressive group
A pride of acrobats.
Envy
An object of envious notice or feeling.
Pride
To indulge (oneself) in a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction
I pride myself on this beautiful garden.
Envy
(obsolete) Emulation; rivalry.
Pride
A sense of one's own worth, and scorn for what is beneath or unworthy of oneself; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; rejection of shame
He took pride in his work.
He had pride of ownership in his department.
Envy
(obsolete) Public odium; ill repute.
Pride
Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation.
Envy
A red-skinned variety of eating apple.
Pride
That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
Envy
(transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions.
Pride
Show; ostentation; glory.
Envy
(transitive) To resentfully or discontentedly desire (something someone else has that one lacks).
Pride
Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory.
Envy
To have envious feelings (at).
Pride
Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
Envy
To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly; to begrudge.
Pride
Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female animal.
Envy
(obsolete) To show malice or ill will; to rail.
Pride
A company of lions or other large felines.
A pride of lions often consists of a dominant male, his harem and their offspring, but young adult males 'leave home' to roam about as bachelors pride until able to seize/establish a family pride of their own.
Envy
(obsolete) To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
Pride
(zoology) The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
Envy
(obsolete) To hate.
Pride
(reflexive) To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.
I pride myself on being a good judge of character.
Envy
(obsolete) To emulate.
Pride
A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); - called also prid, and sandpiper.
Envy
Malice; ill will; spite.
If he evade us there,Enforce him with his envy to the people.
Pride
The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.
Those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt.
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.
Pride
A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; - in a good sense.
Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride.
A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.
Envy
Emulation; rivalry.
Such as cleanliness and decencyPrompt to a virtuous envy.
Pride
Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.
Let not the foot of pride come against me.
That hardly we escaped the pride of France.
Envy
Public odium; ill repute.
To lay the envy of the war upon Cicero.
Pride
That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
Lofty trees yclad with summer's pride.
I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
A bold peasantry, their country's pride.
Envy
An object of envious notice or feeling.
This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world.
Pride
Show; ostentation; glory.
Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war.
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.
Pride
Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life.
A falcon, towering in her pride of place.
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.
Pride
Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
Envy
To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share.
Pride
To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; - used reflexively.
Pluming and priding himself in all his services.
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.
Pride
To be proud; to glory.
Envy
To hate.
Pride
A feeling of self-respect and personal worth
Envy
To emulate.
Pride
Satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements;
He takes pride in his son's success
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?
Pride
The trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards
Envy
To show malice or ill will; to rail.
Pride
A group of lions
Envy
A feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another
Pride
Unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Envy
Spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Pride
Be proud of;
He prides himself on making it into law school
Envy
Feel envious towards; admire enviously
Envy
Be envious of; set one's heart on
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