While working on edits for Finding Eve, which will be published by Champagne Book Group next September, my editor extraordinaire pointed out an inexcusable error I had made. Not one that I need to don sackcloth and sprinkle myself with ashes over, but an error nevertheless. But a confession I must make: I confused envy and jealousy. Probably won’t even do penance over the error, but I’m grateful to Nikki for the save.
And oh-so-particular Grammar Girl (http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/) agrees with her. She points out that while many see the meanings of the words as overlapping and the distinction between them is blurred, they are quite different. According to Grammar Girl, “some sources say ‘jealous’ is supposed to be limited to resentful emotional rivalries (often romantic) with another person, whereas ‘envious’ can expand to cover desiring or coveting objects or accomplishments gained by another person.
Aristotle recognized the difference when he said: jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belong to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.
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