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Originally Posted by Frownland
Ja...that's not what those words actually mean.
Jealousy is resentment over potentially losing someone or something, like getting jealous when your SO is acting flirty with someone else. Envy is what you described for both jealousy and envy in your description. Colloquially, jealousy is generally used to mean envy, though.
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"Jealousy," like most words in the English language, has more than one connotation. I was simply addressing the specific connotation that the previous poster was wondering about....
But we can continue to pick gnat sh!t outta pepper if you like
