Ardent vs Fanatic - What's the difference?
ardent | fanatic |
Full of ardor; fervent, passionate.
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 43
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Burning; glowing; shining.
Fanatical.
* T. Moore
(obsolete) Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous.
As adjectives the difference between ardent and fanatic
is that ardent is full of ardor; fervent, passionate while fanatic is fanatical.As a noun fanatic is
a person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.ardent
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Adjective
(en adjective)- This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.
citation, passage=I see by your eagerness and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted; that cannot be; listen patiently until the end of my story, and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.}}
Anagrams
* ----fanatic
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Alternative forms
* fanatick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast / To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.