Eagerness vs Commitment - What's the difference?
eagerness | commitment |
The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
* 1909:
(obsolete) Tartness; sourness
(Webster 1913)
The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
# The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
# Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution
Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
# Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date
Being bound emotionally/intellectually to a course of action or to another person/other persons.
The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake.
State of being pledged or engaged.
The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or jail.
As nouns the difference between eagerness and commitment
is that eagerness is the state or quality of being eager; ardent desire while commitment is the act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:.eagerness
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Alternative forms
* eagreness (obsolete)Noun
(-)- The things he had to tell about...were enough to make you almost tremble with excitement, when you heard all the intimate details from an animal charmer and realized with what thrilling eagerness and anxiety the whole busy underworld was working.