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Appetency vs Eagerness - What's the difference?

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Appetency is a related term of eagerness.


As nouns the difference between appetency and eagerness

is that appetency is strong desire; craving; powerful instinct while eagerness is the state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.

appetency

English

Noun

(appetencies)
  • Strong desire; craving; powerful instinct.

    • Synonyms

    * appetite * compulsion * craving

    eagerness

    English

    Alternative forms

    * eagreness (obsolete)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
  • * 1909:
    • 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.
  • (obsolete) Tartness; sourness
    • (Webster 1913)