Ebullient vs Spirited - What's the difference?
ebullient | spirited |
enthusiastic; high-spirited.
* Marina's oddly ebullient words seemed to come to her slow as balloons. - "Middle Age : A Romance" (2001) by (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 233)
(of a liquid) boiling or agitated as if boiling
(spirit)
Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.
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As adjectives the difference between ebullient and spirited
is that ebullient is enthusiastic; high-spirited while spirited is lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.As a verb spirited is
(spirit).ebullient
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* (l)spirited
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* free-spirited * low-spirited * high-spirited * mean-spiritedAdjective
(en adjective)Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited challenge. They showed great competitive courage in that period and there were chances for Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María and Marouane Fellaini to punish City for defending too deeply and not being more clinical with their opportunities at the other end.
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