Alacrity vs Verve - What's the difference?
alacrity | verve |
Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
* 1837 , , The Pickwick Papers , ch. 12:
* 1922 , , The Glimpses of the Moon , ch. 24:
Promptness; speed.
* 1849 , , "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience":
* 1902 , , Heart of Darkness , Part 1:
Excitement of imagination such as that which animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing
artistic energy and enthusiasm
vigour, vitality and liveliness
*{{quote-news
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rapture, enthusiasm
spirit, energy
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As nouns the difference between alacrity and verve
is that alacrity is eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm while verve is .alacrity
English
Noun
(alacrities)- "I'll get into the clothes this minute, if they're here," said Sam, with great alacrity .
- This evening, however, he was struck by the beaming alacrity of the aide-de-camp's greeting.
- Yet this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.
- He had a uniform jacket with one button off, and seeing a white man on the path, hoisted his weapon to his shoulder with alacrity .
Synonyms
* (eagerness) avidity, eagerness, enthusiasm, willingness * (promptness) briskness, celerity, haste, promptness, quickness, swiftnessAntonyms
* (eagerness) apathy, disinclination, hesitance, indifference, reluctanceReferences
verve
English
Noun
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