Envy and Jealousy, the difference
Envy is a gnawing want for what someone else has. Jealousy is fearful, possessive anxiety about losing what is already yours.
Each in a line
Envy
Envy is the gnawing want for what someone else has. Their job, their body, their ease. The body registers the gap between their possession and your lack. Few emotions are harder to admit. Envy wants; jealousy fears losing.
Self-conscious family
Jealousy
Jealousy is the fear of losing something you have to someone else. Fear, anger, and possessive vigilance mix to protect the bond. It lives mostly in close relationships. Envy wants what another has; jealousy guards what is already yours.
Self-conscious family
Pleasantness and energy
Where each lives in the body
Envy
Head
Pressure, fullness, mental load
Stomach
A sinking pull or knot
Chest
A faint pull
Jealousy
Head
Pressure, fullness, mental load
Chest
Tightness or warmth
Stomach
A sinking pull or knot
Face
Slight warmth
How long they last
Duration has not been measured for these words.
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