{"id":22489,"date":"2022-10-12T14:37:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22489"},"modified":"2022-10-12T14:38:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:38:01","slug":"jealous-envy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22489","title":{"rendered":"Jealous Envy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the difference between <strong>envy<\/strong> and <strong>jealousy<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>A friend asked me this, so I thought I\u2019d write a post about it.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/26398905@N05\/5504356719\/in\/photolist-9opgu4-donEtN-91M2Hs-a7Z3ob-2myyLGU-NJPG76-5V32Wb-HU6nUf-69oPMY-4VXBBM-Wev8u3-3nT4oC-5ZLaXf-5fLM1e-29JudF5-2n84esk-69krTf-2nR9Beu-btuNJ-2cqDpaj-2cqDpzY-pfHiyS-N7YTbE-2n4f4jd-NJPGmp-9SRQ9j-9JbWk1-qQJ86-66C7T3-bVxQP-3JBRKm-gnhyZ-5T2fYq-8bBzq4-kVuHJ-2cqDo65-HzjBt-KS8kpa-QnfWAo-29Juf9A-29JueAG-KS8k9F-KS8kjv-a2rY3T-MqbUeU-KS8kmK-2kecwcQ-rV9i42-5J9ouU-2acx82M\" title=\"Jealous!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5217\/5504356719_dd87a13c56_z.jpg\" alt=\"Jealous!\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Envy<\/strong> means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another&#8217;s advantages, success, possessions, etc<\/li>\n<li>to regard (a person or thing) with envy [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/envy\">source<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the past it meant:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>hatred, enmity, ill-feeling<\/li>\n<li>emulation; rivalry<\/li>\n<li>public odium; ill repute.<\/li>\n<li>to have envious feelings<\/li>\n<li>to give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly, to begrudge<\/li>\n<li>to show malice or ill will, to rail<\/li>\n<li>to do harm in, to injure, to disparage<\/li>\n<li>to hate<\/li>\n<li>to emulate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from the Middle English <em>envie<\/em> (ill-will, hatred, enmity, spite, malice, envy, harm, eagerness), from the Old French <em>envie<\/em>, from the Latin <em>invidia<\/em> (envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite, odium), from <em>invidus<\/em> (envious, hostile, inimical), from <em>invide\u014d<\/em> (I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil eye upon), from <em>in-<\/em> (on, upon, after) and <em>vide\u014d<\/em> (see, observe, understand) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/envy\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jealousy<\/strong> means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>jealous resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, etc., or against another&#8217;s success or advantage itself<\/li>\n<li>mental uneasiness from suspicion or fear of rivalry, unfaithfulness, etc., as in love or aims<\/li>\n<li>vigilance in maintaining or guarding something.<\/li>\n<li>a jealous feeling, disposition, state, or mood [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/jealousy\">source<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the past it meant \u201cA close concern for someone or something, solicitude, vigilance.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/jealousy\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>It comes from the Middle English <em>jalousie<\/em> (jealousness in a relationship, passion, desire, zealousness, devotion, belief), from the Old French <em>jalousie<\/em>, from <em>jalous<\/em> (eager, zealous, jealous), from the Late Latin <em>z\u0113l\u014dsus<\/em> (jealous, zealous), from the Latin <em>z\u0113lus<\/em> (zeal, emulation, jealousy), from the Ancient Greek <em>\u03b6\u1fc6\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2<\/em> (z\u00ealos &#8211; eager rivalry, zealous imitation, emulation, a noble passion) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/jealousy\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Other words from the same Ancient Greek root include <strong>zeal<\/strong> (diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest) and <strong>zealous<\/strong> (full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%CE%B6%E1%BF%86%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82#Ancient_Greek\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the difference between envy and jealousy? A friend asked me this, so I thought I\u2019d write a post about it. Envy means: a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another&#8217;s advantages, success, possessions, etc to regard (a person or thing) with envy [source] In the past it meant: hatred, enmity, ill-feeling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,104,107,10,15,34,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ancient-greek-","category-english","category-etymology","category-language","category-latin","category-old-french","category-words-and-phrases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22489"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22492,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22489\/revisions\/22492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}