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Addict vs Fanatic - What's the difference?

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In obsolete terms the difference between addict and fanatic

is that addict is to adapt; to make suitable; to fit while fanatic is showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous.

As nouns the difference between addict and fanatic

is that addict is a person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug while fanatic is a person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.

As a verb addict

is to cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug.

As an adjective fanatic is

fanatical.

addict

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • * He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies.
  • An adherent or fan (of something)

    • Derived terms

    * cyberaddict * drug addict * sex addict

    Synonyms

    * (person who is addicted) junkie (one addicted to a drug), slave * (adherent or fan) adherent, aficionado, devotee, enthusiast, fan, habitue * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  • To involve oneself in something habitually, to the exclusion of almost anything else.
  • * (rfdate), (John Evelyn)
    • They addict themselves to the civil law.
  • * (rfdate) (Francis Beaumont) &
    • He is addicted to his study.
  • * (rfdate) (Adventurer)
    • That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations.
  • * (rfdate) (Thomas Fuller)
    • His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.
  • * (rfdate), (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
    • A man gross ... and addicted to low company.
  • (obsolete) To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.
  • * (rfdate) (John Evelyn)
  • * The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth.

    • Synonyms

    * get (someone) hooked * (devote) consecrate, dedicate, devote * (adapt) adapt, fit

    Derived terms

    * addicting * addictive

    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms

    fanatic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fanatick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Fanatical.
  • * T. Moore
    • But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast / To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.
  • (obsolete) Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.

    • See also

    * fan * crank

    Quotations

    * A zealot can't change his mind. A fanatic can't change his mind and won't change the subject. — (attributed) * A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim. —