Longing vs Enthusiasm - What's the difference?
longing | enthusiasm |
An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise
(obsolete, or, historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
* 1946 , Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy , ch. 1
Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
Something in which one is keenly interested.
* 1968 , Central States Archaeological Journal (volumes 15-16, page 154)
* 2012 , Nicholas Joll, Philosophy and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (page 23)
As nouns the difference between longing and enthusiasm
is that longing is an earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire while enthusiasm is possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.As a verb longing
is present participle of lang=en.longing
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* yearningSee also
* desire * missenthusiasm
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(wikipedia enthusiasm)Noun
- The intoxication that they sought was that of ‘enthusiasm ’, of union with the god.
- My main enthusiasm is attending and seeing the progress and interest of collectors, to meet old friends, and hopefully to make new friends.
- Other Adamsian enthusiasms included: fast cars; restaurants; Bach, the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Dire Straits;
