Effusive vs Thorough - What's the difference?
effusive | thorough | Related terms |
gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression)
(archaic) pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing
* Alexander Pope
(of igneous rock) extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava
painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail
utter; complete; absolute
(obsolete) Through.
* , II.xii:
* 1599 , , V. i. 109:
(UK, dialect) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
Effusive is a related term of thorough.
As adjectives the difference between effusive and thorough
is that effusive is gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression) while thorough is painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.As a preposition thorough is
(obsolete) through.As a noun thorough is
(uk|dialect) a furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.effusive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- washed with the effusive wave
Derived terms
* effusively * effusivenessthorough
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Alternative forms
* thoroAdjective
(en adjective)- The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father of two in police custody.
- He is the most thorough worker I have ever seen.
- The infested house needs a thorough cleansing before it will be inhabitable.
- It is a thorough pleasure to see him beg for mercy.
Derived terms
* thoroughbred * thoroughgoing * thoroughlyEtymology 2
A disyllabic form of (etyl) .Preposition
(English prepositions)- Ye might haue seene the frothy billowes fry / Vnder the ship, as thorough them she went [...].
- You are contented to be led in triumph / Thorough the streets of Rome?
Noun
(en noun)- (Halliwell)