What is the difference between enthusiastic and avid?
enthusiastic | avid |
With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy
* 1996 , , Oyster , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 3
As adjectives the difference between enthusiastic and avid
is that enthusiastic is with zealous fervor; excited, motivated while avid is enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy.enthusiastic
English
(enthusiasm)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- A young man of a visionary and enthusiastic character. — W. Irving.
- an enthusiastic lover of art
Derived terms
* (l)avid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm an avid reader.
- We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.