different between craving vs selfish

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?e?.v??/
• Rhymes: -e?v??

Etymology 1

From Middle English cravinge, from Old English crafing (“claim, demand”); equivalent to crave +? -ing.

Noun

craving (plural cravings)

1. A strong desire; yearning.

Descendants

• Jamaican Creole: craven

Translations

Etymology 2

From crave.

Verb

craving

1. present participle of crave

Further reading

• craving in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• craving in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• carving

English

Etymology

From self +? -ish. Compare Danish selvisk (“selfish”), Swedish självisk (“selfish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?lf??/
• Rhymes: -?lf??

Adjective

selfish (comparative more selfish or selfisher, superlative most selfish or selfishest)

1. Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.
   • 1997, John Peniel, The Children Of The Law Of One & The Lost Teachings Of Atlantis, chapter 10, page 127

     “We all have both a selfish separate self, and an Inner Being that is One with the Universal Spirit. In this sense, every human has a sort of ‘split personality’. We are all kind of what you call ‘schitzy’ with these two sides, these two people living within us. And they are in total opposition. The free will dictates which of these two sides will have its way in our life, at every given moment.”

2. Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being.

Usage notes

• Said of people and their thoughts and actions, such as motives, desires, acts.

Synonyms

• egoistic
• egotistic
• egotistical
• self-centered
• greedy

Antonyms

• altruistic
• philanthropic
• selfless
• unselfish

Derived terms

• selfishly
• selfishness

Translations

See also

• self-serving

Anagrams

• Fishels, hisself