Endearment vs Enamoured - What's the difference?
endearment | enamoured |
The act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.
* 1913 , , The Vision Splendid , ch. 20:
The state or characteristic of being endeared.
* 1855 , , North and South , ch. 38:
An expression of affection.
* 1902 , , The Conqueror , ch. 18:
(enamour)
As a noun endearment
is the act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.As an adjective enamoured is
.As a verb enamoured is
(enamour).endearment
English
Alternative forms
* indearmentNoun
(en noun)- Every step of that walk led Jeff deeper into an excursion of endearment . It was amazingly true that he trod beside her an acknowledged friend, a secret lover.
- He could not forget the fond and earnest look that had passed between her and some other man—the attitude of familiar confidence, if not of positive endearment .
- When they were alone he called him "my boy," an endearment he never gave another.