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Hopeful vs Loving - What's the difference?

hopeful | loving |

As adjectives the difference between hopeful and loving

is that hopeful is feeling hope while loving is expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.

As nouns the difference between hopeful and loving

is that hopeful is somebody who is hoping for success or victory while loving is the action of the verb to love.

As a verb loving is

present participle of lang=en.

As a proper noun Loving is

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hopeful

English

Alternative forms

* hopefull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Feeling hope.
    • I have been very hopeful .
    I am hopeful that I will recover from the disease.
  • Inspiring hope.

    • Antonyms

    * hopeless * desperate * dejected

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Somebody who is hoping for success or victory.
    • Several presidential hopefuls are campaigning in New Hampshire this week.

    loving

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The action of the verb to love .

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.
    • his loving wife

    Synonyms

    * adoring * affectionate * See also

    Verb

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