RE: Having, collecting and hoarding
April 13, 2020 at 11:49 am
(This post was last modified: April 13, 2020 at 11:52 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
All three are very, very different.
‘Having’ means that you’re in possession of something.
‘Hoarding’ is the inability to throw anything away.
‘Collecting’ refers to acquiring specific sets of items without regard to their utility.
Of the three, hoarding is the only one that indicates a psychological problem.
By way of example, at any given moment, I have between 30 and 50 musical instruments in my house. But I’m neither collecting nor hoarding them - I trade them for money.
Boru
‘Having’ means that you’re in possession of something.
‘Hoarding’ is the inability to throw anything away.
‘Collecting’ refers to acquiring specific sets of items without regard to their utility.
Of the three, hoarding is the only one that indicates a psychological problem.
By way of example, at any given moment, I have between 30 and 50 musical instruments in my house. But I’m neither collecting nor hoarding them - I trade them for money.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
