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Credulous vs Hooked - What's the difference?

credulous | hooked |

As adjectives the difference between credulous and hooked

is that credulous is excessively ready to believe things; gullible while hooked is having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.

As a verb hooked is

(hook).

credulous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.
  • (obsolete) Believed too readily.

    • Derived terms

    * credulously * credulousness

    Related terms

    * credulity

    Synonyms

    * naive, unworldly * See also:

    Antonyms

    * incredulous

    References

    * (etymology)

    hooked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hook)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.
    • a hooked nose
  • Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.
    • He will never leave her because he is hooked on her chocolate chip cookies.
    You only have to try heroin once to become hooked .

    Synonyms

    * (resembling a hook) bent, crooked, curved * (addicted) addicted