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Vocabulary
any difference between 'selfish' and 'mean' ?
Is there any difference between these two? 'mean' and 'selfish' (of course in relation to money etc.)
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Hi, Is there any difference between these two? ) 'Mean' is commonly used in relation to money. 'Selfish' is not, it normally has a wider meaning.
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Hi,
Is there any difference between these two? 'mean' and 'selfish' (of course in relation to money etc.)
'Mean' is commonly used in relation to money. 'Selfish' is not, it normally has a wider meaning.
Clive
Is there any difference between these two? 'mean' and 'selfish' (of course in relation to money etc.)
'Mean' is commonly used in relation to money. 'Selfish' is not, it normally has a wider meaning.
Clive
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selfish: you only think about yourself
mean: you're bad to others
mean: you're bad to others
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'Mean' is commonly used in relation to money.
If by "mean" you mean "stingy," this is either old-fashioned or British/Canadian. I don't know anyone who uses it this way in current U.S.English.
(edited to change "American English" to "U.S. English", in acknowledgement of the fact that Canada is, after all, in America.)
If by "mean" you mean "stingy," this is either old-fashioned or British/Canadian. I don't know anyone who uses it this way in current U.S.English.
(edited to change "American English" to "U.S. English", in acknowledgement of the fact that Canada is, after all, in America.)
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