different between greediness vs piggishness

English

From Middle English gredynesse, from Old English gr?di?nes; equivalent to greedy +? -ness.

greediness (usually uncountable, plural greedinesses)

The state of being greedy; greed.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.11:
  Thereto the body of a dog she had, / Full of fell ravin and fierce greedinesse […]

piggish +? -ness

piggishness (usually uncountable, plural piggishnesses)

The quality of being like a pig in one's character; greediness, boorishness, or obstinacy.
The man was a glutton; his piggishness was legendary.
The old man's stubborn piggishness kept him from acknowledging that his wife was a better driver than he, even after his license was revoked.

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