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Jaded vs Dispirited - What's the difference?

jaded | dispirited |

As adjectives the difference between jaded and dispirited

is that jaded is worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience while dispirited is without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.

As verbs the difference between jaded and dispirited

is that jaded is (jade) while dispirited is (dispirit).

jaded

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience.
  • Made callous or cynically insensitive, by experience.

    • Synonyms

    * (worn out) exhausted, fatigued, wearied — see also *

    Related terms

    * jade

    Verb

    (head)
  • (jade)

    • References

    dispirited

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dispirit)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.
    • So dispirited were the troops after the loss of their beloved commander that they moped about and could barely be bothered to eat let alone load their guns.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 19 , author=Josh Halliday , title=Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=The shift in the balance of power online has allowed anyone to publish to the world, from dispirited teenagers in south London to an anonymous cyber-dissident in a Middle East autocracy.}}