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Aug
Of Crave and Greed
What is exactly the driving force of the world, Crave or Greed?
To me, Crave is a want for something. Greed is the desire for more. In such a context, that makes “insatiable greed” a repetition. To others, the lines between the two lexicons are blurred.
That is not inferring the incompetence of ordinary folks per se, but I question the strength of their convictions, on the risk of being labelled a lingual purist.
In everyday life, the two terms are used interchangeably, without regards to their degree of severity. Hardly surprising, but there comes a time to draw a line between fair use interchangeability, and wrong use.
It is like “red” and “maroon”.
But then again, word contexts change over time, so I probably am an alarmist with nothing better to do with his time, and should just shut up.
Yet again, subtleties are what makes up the finely defined world of Language, and should be dealt with absolute care to avoid a dull future where everything is black to the same degree.
You are good.
You are… good.
Erm, whatever. I haven’t got anybody to proof this, so my argument’s probably nonsense. Please don’t lam-blast me, I am just a poor “A” level holder, forced to serve the nation’s army.
What do you think?
on August 12th, 2005 at 8:15 am
Crave “To have an intense desire for.” and Greed “An excessive desire to acquire.”
So therefore, both the feelings that you mention are a matter of what is your desire. I do not crave for power or greed for more power but I just want to do the best I know how. What is yours? Is there an underlying desire to drive you to acheive something in this world?
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