Enthusiastic vs Spectacular - What's the difference?
enthusiastic | spectacular |
With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
Amazing or worthy of special notice
(dated) Related to, or having the character of, a spectacle or entertainment
* G. Hickes
* {{quote-news, 1910, August 21, Andre Tridon, Europe Flirts with Argentina to Win Her Rich Trade, The New York Times
, passage=Those apparently insignificant events which really make history are seldom featured in the press; the merely spectacular too frequently crowds the essential out of the public sheets.}}
Relating to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.
A spectacular display.
* 2010 , "Under the volcano", The Economist , 16 Oct 2010:
As adjectives the difference between enthusiastic and spectacular
is that enthusiastic is with zealous fervor; excited, motivated while spectacular is amazing or worthy of special notice.As a noun spectacular is
a spectacular display.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)spectacular
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The parachutists were spectacular .
- the merely spectacular
- Spectacular sports.
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Derived terms
* spectacularly * unspectacularExternal links
* *Noun
(en noun)- Though business has more or less held up so far, a series of drug-related spectaculars sparked an exodus of the city's upper class this summer.