"Everything that has been said up to this point boils down to this: in language there are only differences.

Obsessed	Controlling	Depressed
Parasitical	Protective	Melancholy
Covetous	Jealous	Codependent
Rueful	Envious	Wistful
Bitter	Emulative	Admiring

Even more important: a difference generally implies positive terms between which the difference is set up; but in language there are only differences without positive terms. "