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Charged vs Interested - What's the difference?

charged | interested |

As verbs the difference between charged and interested

is that charged is (charge) while interested is (interest).

As an adjective interested is

having or showing interest.

charged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (charge)
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author=(Jan Sapp) , title=Race Finished , volume=100, issue=2, page=164 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?}}

    interested

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having or showing interest.
  • I'm very interested in going to see that play.
  • Motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving.
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy :
  • 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 [...].
  • Owning a share of a company.
  • See also

    * disinterested * uninterested

    Verb

    (head)
  • (interest)