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Enthusiasm vs Agile - What's the difference?

enthusiasm | agile |

As a noun enthusiasm

is (obsolete|or|historical) possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.

As an adjective agile is

having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.

enthusiasm

Noun

  • (obsolete, or, historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
  • * 1946 , Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy , ch. 1
  • The intoxication that they sought was that of ‘enthusiasm ’, of union with the god.
  • Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
  • Something in which one is keenly interested.
  • * 1968 , Central States Archaeological Journal (volumes 15-16, page 154)
  • My main enthusiasm is attending and seeing the progress and interest of collectors, to meet old friends, and hopefully to make new friends.
  • * 2012 , Nicholas Joll, Philosophy and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (page 23)
  • Other Adamsian enthusiasms included: fast cars; restaurants; Bach, the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Dire Straits;

    agile

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.
  • * Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the other with surprising dexterity. He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.
  • (computing) Of or relating to (Agile software development), a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.
  • agile methods

    Synonyms

    * active, alert, nimble, brisk, lively, quick

    Derived terms

    * agility ----