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Dedicated vs Addicted - What's the difference?

dedicated | addicted |

As adjectives the difference between dedicated and addicted

is that dedicated is devoted; loyal; conscientious while addicted is being physically or psychologically dependent on something.

As verbs the difference between dedicated and addicted

is that dedicated is while addicted is (addict).

dedicated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Devoted; loyal; conscientious.
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    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}

    Derived terms

    * dedicatedly

    Verb

    (head)

    • addicted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being physically or psychologically dependent on something.
    • He is addicted to the Internet.
    She became more addicted to crack than she had ever been to heroin.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (addict)