keen

As adjectives the difference between keen and effusive

is that keen is showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense while effusive is gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression).

As a verb keen

is (rare) to sharpen; to make cold or keen can be to utter a keen.

As a noun keen

is a prolonged wail for a deceased person.

As verbs the difference between keen and seek

is that keen is (rare) to sharpen; to make cold or keen can be to utter a keen while seek is (lb) to try to find, to look for, to search.

As an adjective keen

is showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense.

As a noun keen

is a prolonged wail for a deceased person.

As adjectives the difference between keen and special

is that keen is showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense while special is special.

As a verb keen

is (rare) to sharpen; to make cold or keen can be to utter a keen.

As a noun keen

is a prolonged wail for a deceased person.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between keen and zeal

is that keen is (obsolete) brave, courageous; bold, audacious while zeal is (obsolete) a zealot.

As nouns the difference between keen and zeal

is that keen is a prolonged wail for a deceased person while zeal is the fervor or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.

As an adjective keen

is showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense.

As a verb keen

is (rare) to sharpen; to make cold or keen can be to utter a keen.

As adjectives the difference between edgy and keen

is that edgy is nervous, apprehensive while keen is showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense.

As a verb keen is

(rare) to sharpen; to make cold or keen can be to utter a keen.

As a noun keen is

a prolonged wail for a deceased person.

In obsolete terms the difference between keen and strive

is that keen is brave, courageous; bold, audacious while strive is strife; contention.

As verbs the difference between keen and strive

is that keen is to sharpen; to make cold while strive is to try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.

As nouns the difference between keen and strive

is that keen is a prolonged wail for a deceased person while strive is an effort; a striving.

As an adjective keen

is showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense.

As adjectives the difference between keen and happy

is that keen is showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense while happy is experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.

As a verb keen

is to sharpen; to make cold.

As a noun keen

is a prolonged wail for a deceased person.

As adjectives the difference between ulterior and keen

is that ulterior is situated beyond, or on the farther side while keen is showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense.

As a verb keen is

(rare) to sharpen; to make cold or keen can be to utter a keen.

As a noun keen is

a prolonged wail for a deceased person.

As verbs the difference between keen and thirst

is that keen is (rare) to sharpen; to make cold or keen can be to utter a keen while thirst is to be thirsty.

As nouns the difference between keen and thirst

is that keen is a prolonged wail for a deceased person while thirst is a sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.

As an adjective keen

is showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense.

As verbs the difference between motivated and keen

is that motivated is past tense of motivate while keen is to sharpen; to make cold.

As adjectives the difference between motivated and keen

is that motivated is enthusiastic, especially about striving toward a goal while keen is showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense.

As a noun keen is

a prolonged wail for a deceased person.