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Devoted vs Solicitous - What's the difference?

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Devoted is a related term of solicitous.


As adjectives the difference between devoted and solicitous

is that devoted is vowed; dedicated; consecrated while solicitous is disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful.

As a verb devoted

is (devote).

devoted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
  • Zealous; characterized by devotion.
  • (obsolete) cursed; doomed.

    • Derived terms

    * devotedly * devotedness

    Verb

    (head)
  • (devote)

    • solicitous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful.
    • Solicitous of my reputation. -.
    He was solicitous for his advice. -.
    Enjoy the present, whatsoever it be, and be not solicitous about the future. - .
    The colonel had been intent upon other things, and not enough solicitous to finish the fortifications. -.
  • Anxious or concerned (usually followed by about'', ''for , etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.

    • Derived terms

    * solicitously * solicitousness

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