What does jealousy mean and how is it different from envy (if at all)?

Answer 1

Envy - AKA covetousness. Wanting that which someone else has that you don't. You feel "entitled" to have whatever you want, merely because you want it. Covetousness is the same as greed.

Jealousy - AKA possessiveness. You have something that you don't want anyone else to have, and you feel that if you don't keep it under lock and key, it will either run away from you, or will be stolen away. It's a catch-all term for a whole lot of negative emotions that stem from our own insecurities.

So to sum it up: Envy = don't have it but want it, and Jealousy = have it but don't want anyone else to get it.

Answer 2

—Synonyms 1. enviousness. Envy and jealousy are very close in meaning. Envy denotes a longing to possess something awarded to or achieved by another: to feel envy when a friend inherits a fortune. Jealousy, on the other hand, denotes a feeling of resentment that another has gained something that one more rightfully deserves: to feel jealousy when a coworker receives a promotion. Jealousy also refers to anguish caused by fear of unfaithfulness.

Answer 3

Jealousy typically refers to the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that occur when a person believes a valued relationship is being threatened by a rival. The word jealousy stems from the French jalousie, formed from jaloux (jealous), and further from Low Latin zelosus (full of zeal), and from the Greek word for "ardour, zeal" (with a root connoting "to boil, ferment"; or "yeast").
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Envy is an emotion that "occurs when a person lacks another’s superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it.”[1] At the core of envy seems to be an upward social comparison, that threatens a person's self-esteem: another person has something that the envier considers to be important to have. However, what is envied could also be something that is only of personal importance to the envier, even if what the other person has is of little significance in his or her society, or even seen as a sign of inferior status. If the other person is perceived to be similar as the envier, the aroused envy will be particularly intense, because it signals to the envier that it just as well could have been him or her who had the desired object. [2][3].
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SEVEN DEADLY SINS --
1 Lust (Latin, luxuria)
2 Gluttony (Latin, gula)
3 Greed/Avarice (Latin, cupiditia/avaritia)
4 Sloth/Laziness (Latin, pigritia/acedia)
5 Wrath (Latin, ira)
6 Envy (Latin, invidia)
7 Pride/Hubris (Latin, superbia)

Answer 4

Jealousy IS envy!