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[–] 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

What my friend was conveying is that envy is the want for something--usually that another has--and jealousy is the fear of losing something that one already has.

The interchangeable usage, e.g. by teenagers, based on a vague understanding is just that (for adults it crystalizes into something normative though they're probably unaware of it, ego defense mechanisms lol).

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