You are not jealous. You are envious.

beders 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I can always rely on hacker news to improve my English

samlinnfer 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not really, jealous is defined as envious (being envious is one of the definitions of being jealous).

For common usage they are equivalent, e.g. I'm jealous of X is the same as I'm envious of X.

	▲	sriram_malhar an hour ago \| parent [-]
		They may be equivalent in common parlance, but that’s a bit like saying it is ok to use ‘your’ instead of “you’re” just because it is so common. We say “jealously guarded’ not ‘enviously guarded’ for a reason. Jealousy is about being protective of your own possessions and relationships; you feel jealousy if your spouse responds well to a coworker’s flirtations. Envy is when you find think of the coworker’s luck in having a good looking spouse

thanks for posting this, I just shared this with everyone in the room here and nobody knew the difference.