When we compare

Measuring yourself against others. Pushes you to fit in and stand out at once — a thief of joy.

Respect and warm regard for someone whose qualities or actions you find excellent.

Often confused with: Reverence, Envy

A deeper, almost sacred admiration — often tied to meaning, virtue, or transcendence.

Often confused with: Admiration

Wanting what someone else has — a quality, success, or thing — that you lack.

Often confused with: Jealousy, Admiration

Fear of losing a relationship or what you value in it to someone else. Always involves three parties.

Often confused with: Envy

A form of envy — the bitter feeling that someone else has what you wish you had, or got what you deserved.

Pleasure at another's misfortune.

Often confused with: Freudenfreude

Genuine joy at another's success or good fortune. The opposite of schadenfreude.

Often confused with: Schadenfreude