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Junkie vs Fanatic - What's the difference?

junkie | fanatic |

As nouns the difference between junkie and fanatic

is that junkie is junkie while fanatic is a person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.

As an adjective fanatic is

fanatical.

junkie

English

Alternative forms

* junky

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang, offensive, pejorative) A narcotics addict, especially referring to heroin users.
  • (by extension) An enthusiast of something.
    • English people are travel junkies , but Americans hardly ever leave their state.
    My uncle is a classic car junkie .

    Quotations

    * 1982: (song) by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five *: Rats in the front room, roaches in the back. Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * adrenaline junkie

    See also

    * drug addict

    fanatic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fanatick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Fanatical.
  • * T. Moore
    • But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast / To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.
  • (obsolete) Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.

    • See also

    * fan * crank

    Quotations

    * A zealot can't change his mind. A fanatic can't change his mind and won't change the subject. — (attributed) * A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim. —