Effervescent vs Ardent - What's the difference?
effervescent | ardent |
(of a liquid) Giving off bubbles; fizzy.
Vivacious and enthusiastic.
* {{quote-news
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, date=April 22
, author=Sam Sheringham
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Full of ardor; fervent, passionate.
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 43
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Burning; glowing; shining.
As adjectives the difference between effervescent and ardent
is that effervescent is (of a liquid) giving off bubbles; fizzy while ardent is full of ardor; fervent, passionate.effervescent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=The effervescent Suarez then went close again as he worked space for a shot after a mazy run but could not keep his close-range shot below the crossbar.}}
ardent
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Adjective
(en adjective)- This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.
citation, passage=I see by your eagerness and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted; that cannot be; listen patiently until the end of my story, and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.}}