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Aspiring vs Avid - What's the difference?

aspiring | avid |

As adjectives the difference between aspiring and avid

is that aspiring is hoping to become while avid is enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy.

As a verb aspiring

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun aspiring

is aspiration.

aspiring

English

Adjective

(head)
  • hoping to become
    • Aspiring pop stars lined up for hours just to audition.

    Synonyms

    * ambitious * wannabe * would-be

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • aspiration

    • Anagrams

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    avid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy
    • I'm an avid reader.
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    • We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.

    Derived terms

    * avidly * avidity

    Anagrams

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