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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

the difference between 'envy' and 'jealousy'

0 "Envy is coveting something (or someone) that somebody else has; jealousy is wanting something (or someone) that somebody else has but you think belongs to you. It's the feeling of being dispossessed."02br
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0 That sounds reasonable. You may envy someone who makes much more money than you, is better looking than you, and has an easier life than you. As a child you may have been jealous of a brother or sister who got more attention from your parents than you did.02br
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Envy is wanting that which belongs to another but you can only be jealous of that which is rightfully yours.

The Bible says that *** is jealous. (Exodus 20v5)
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yes, those are the correct definitions, in my school days it was explained as, jealousy is a negative feeling while envy is a positive one... when i feel jealous of something it means i have a negative feeling that "he/she has that thing or quality but not me, and I should kill them to get that" but envy is something positive, "he/she has that thing o
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My father explained it this way: A friend of yours has a boat.
Envy - I want a boat too
Jealousy - I want your boat

It's a very bare-bones explanation, but it works.
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