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Enviable vs. Envious
Enviable
/ˈenviəbəl/Examples:
Her vacation photos made her lifestyle seem enviable.An enviable collection of rare artifacts filled the room.The job offered an enviable salary and flexible hours.
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Envious
/ˈenviəs/Examples:
He gazed at her and felt an unexpected envious pang.The young artist was envious of her mentor's success.While others were envious of her talents, she remained humble.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Remember enviable as something that other people admire or wish to have. It describes an object or situation worth envying, rather than a feeling.
- Think of envious as the state of feeling envy or jealousy, often accompanied by desire for the advantages others have.
- Enviable ends in -able, hinting that it describes something able to be envied.
- Envious ends in -ous, common for adjectives that convey feelings or characteristics, like furious or joyous.
- Focus on the object or quality to differentiate: if its the object of desire, its enviable; if its about the feeling or emotional reaction to it, its envious.
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