[Tax-chick]

envy's object is someone else's "things" just because, well you want them because that person has them;

That seems more like covetousness, to me.

But still, envy results in your hating and wishing to harm another person.

[LibKill]

That seems more like covetousness, to me.

I thought that covetousness and envy were pretty much the same emotion/thinking.

Was I wrong?

I'm not all that smart but I have a pretty good grasp on the American version of the English language.

[SolomoninSouthDakota]

"envy's object is someone else's "things" "

Yes, one becomes envious of someone else's things, desires to have those things, and like you said, ends up hating the other person. Envy has to in some way involve another person. Greed does not. I can be greedy for all the seashells on the seashore but I can't envy the seashore.

Covetousness...envy....there I can't seem to make a distinction.
My wife just informed me that covetousness does not include the feeling of ill will for the other person.
There you have it. Our terminology is now set clear!
(That blankity blank blank wife of mine. She always seems to have just all the right answers. She thinks she is so wise. OOOOOOH!)