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Fiend vs Enthusiast - What's the difference?

fiend | enthusiast | Synonyms |

Fiend is a synonym of enthusiast.


As nouns the difference between fiend and enthusiast

is that fiend is (obsolete) an enemy, unfriend, or foe while enthusiast is a person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.

fiend

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) An enemy, unfriend, or foe.
  • (religious, archaic) The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.
  • * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 35:
    • At the confirmation ceremony the bishop would lay his hands on the child and tie around its forehead a linen band […]. This was believed to strengthen him against the assaults of the fiend […].
  • A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
  • * 1845 , E.A. Poe, "The Raven"
    • "Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend! "
  • A very evil person
  • (informal) An addict or fanatic
    • a jazz fiend

    Derived terms

    * fienddom/fiendom * fiendful * fiendhood * fiendish * fiendkin * fiendlike * fiendling * fiendly * fiendness * fiendship * dope fiend

    Synonyms

    * monster

    Anagrams

    * * *

    enthusiast

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
  • (archaic) A person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour.

    • Synonyms

    * addict * * amateur * fancier * fan * fanatic * fiend * freak * geek * junkie * rooter * maniac * partisan * power user (computing) * prosumer (marketing) * zealot

    Related terms

    * enthuse * enthusiasm * enthusiastic

    See also

    * -phile

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