Beneficiary vs Interested - What's the difference?
beneficiary | interested |
One who benefits or receives an advantage.
*{{quote-news, year=2012
, date=September 7
, author=Dominic Fifield
, title=England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova
, work=The Guardian
(legal) One who benefits from the distribution, especially of an estate.
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
* Francis Bacon
Bestowed as a gratuity.
Having or showing interest.
Motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving.
* 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy :
Owning a share of a company.
(interest)
As adjectives the difference between beneficiary and interested
is that beneficiary is holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession while interested is having or showing interest.As a noun beneficiary
is one who benefits or receives an advantage.As a verb interested is
past tense of interest.beneficiary
English
Noun
(beneficiaries)- You are the lucky beneficiary of this special offer.
citation, page= , passage=The most obvious beneficiary of the visitors' superiority was Frank Lampard. By the end of the night he was perched 13th in the list of England's most prolific goalscorers, having leapfrogged Sir Geoff Hurst to score his 24th and 25th international goals. No other player has managed more than the Chelsea midfielder's 11 in World Cup qualification ties, with this a display to roll back the years. }}
- If any beneficiary''' does not survive the Settlor for a period of 30 days then the Trustee shall distribute that '''beneficiary'''’s share to the surviving '''beneficiaries by right of representation.
Adjective
(-)- a feudatory or beneficiary king of England
- beneficiary gifts
See also
* (wikipedia "beneficiary")interested
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm very interested in going to see that play.
- they impressed my youthful mind with a sincere aversion to the northern inhabitants of Britain, as a people bloodthirsty in time of war, treacherous during truce, interested , selfish, avaricious, and tricky in the business of peaceful life, and having few good qualities [...].