different between greedy vs wolfish

English

Etymology

From Middle English gredy, from Old English gr?di? (“greedy, hungry, eager”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?dagaz (“hungry”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?daz, *gr?duz, *gr?dô (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?r?d?- (“to be hungry, long for”), equivalent to greed +? -y. Cognate with Old Saxon gr?dag (“greedy”), Dutch graag (“gladly, willingly”), Old High German gr?tag (“greedy”), Danish grådig (“greedy”), Norwegian Bokmål grådig (“greedy”) (from Old Norse gráðigr (“greedy”), gráði (“greed, hunger”)), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (gr?dags, “hungry”). Non-Germanic cognates include Sanskrit ?????? (g?ddhi, “greed”), Albanian ngordh (“to crave for, starve, die”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???i?di/
• Rhymes: -i?di

Adjective

greedy (comparative greedier, superlative greediest)

1. Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
2. Prone to overeat.
3. (regular expressions) Tending to match as much text as possible.

   Antonyms: lazy, nongreedy, reluctant

4. (computer science, of an algorithm) That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.

   Antonym: nongreedy

Synonyms

• (having greed): Thesaurus:greedy
• (prone to overeat): gluttonous

Derived terms

• greed (by back-formation)
• greediness
• greedyguts
• overgreedy

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: gridi

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• greyed

English

Etymology

wolf +? -ish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?lfi?/, /?w?lvi?/
• Homophone: Woolfish

Adjective

wolfish (comparative more wolfish, superlative most wolfish)

1. Pertaining to wolves.
2. Having the characteristics or habits of a wolf.
   • 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 1,^[1]

     “ […] Here, Fangs! Fangs!” he ejaculated at the top of his voice to a ragged wolfish-looking dog […]

   a wolfish appetite

3. Fierce; savage; menacing.

Synonyms

• (pertaining to wolves): lupine
• (having the characteristics of a wolf): lupine, wolfy, wolflike

Translations

Anagrams

• fish owl, fowlish