different between parsimony vs covetousness

English

Etymology

From Middle English parcimonie, from Middle French parsimonie, from Latin parsim?nia (“frugality, sparingness”), from pars-, past participle stem of parcere (“to spare”), + -monia, suffix signifying action, state, or condition.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??.s?.?mo?.ni/
• Hyphenation: par?si?mony

Noun

parsimony (usually uncountable, plural parsimonies)

1. Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

   Synonyms: stinginess, frugality, economy; see also Thesaurus:stingy, Thesaurus:frugal

   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 9:

     If mere parsimony could have made a man rich, Sir Pitt Crawley might have become very wealthy […]

2. (by extension) The principle of using the fewest resources or explanations to solve a problem.

Derived terms

• parsimonious

Translations

See also

• Occam's razor

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

covetous +? -ness

Noun

covetousness (usually uncountable, plural covetousnesses)

1. Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.
   • 1588, Jean La Placette, Of the Incurable Scepticism of the Church of Rome

     He which will yield to Fear. mu?t nece??arily yield to Covetou?ne?s or any inordinate De?ire.

   • 1661, J. Johnson, The morning-exercise at Cripple-gate

     Covetou?ne?s is the yelow Jaundice of the foul, which ari?es from the over-flowing of the heart with love to yellow gold, by which a Chri?tian is dull'd and deadned.

   • 1815, Samuel Lavington Sermons and other discourses, Volume 1

     Covetousness prevents all good, and is and inlet and encouragement to evil.

   • 1976, Jacques Ellul, The Ethics of Freedom page 134

     In obvious compensation and opposition the fear of nothingness becomes the source of covetousness...

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:greed

Translations