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Lust vs Smitten - What's the difference?

lust | smitten |

As verbs the difference between lust and smitten

is that lust is to desire very strongly while smitten is past participle of lang=en.

As a noun lust

is a feeling of strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.

As an adjective smitten is

made irrationally enthusiastic.

lust

English

(wikipedia lust)

Noun

  • A feeling of strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
    • Seeing Kim fills me with a passionate lust .
  • (archaic) A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.
    • The boarders hide their lust to go home.
  • * Spenser
    • For little lust had she to talk of aught.
  • * Bishop Hall
    • My lust to devotion is little.
  • (archaic) A delightful cause of joy, pleasure.
    • An ideal son is his father's lasting lust .
  • (obsolete) virility; vigour; active power
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Derived terms

    * bloodlust * lustful * lustihood * lustily * lustiness * lustless * lusty * lust murder

    Related terms

    * wanderlust

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To desire very strongly.
    • She was lusting after the new short dress she set her eyes on in the shop.
  • To crave sexual contact urgently.

    • Anagrams

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    smitten

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made irrationally enthusiastic.
    • I was really smitten by the color combination, and soon repainted the entire house.
  • In love.
    • He was totally smitten by the librarian.

    See also

    * crush *infatuation *platonic love

    Verb

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    • Anagrams

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