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I always learned that they were different; that envy is wanting what someone else has, and jealousy is being overly protective of things that are yours because of a fear that they can be taken from you.
I.e. "I am envious of my friend because of her fancy new sports car" versus "Seeing my girlfriend with her flirtatious guy friend makes me very jealous."
But some people use jealousy as a synonym for envy sometimes, even though the definition of jealousy I gave cannot be switched with envy.
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