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Devoted vs Obsess - What's the difference?

devoted | obsess |

As verbs the difference between devoted and obsess

is that devoted is (devote) while obsess is to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.

As an adjective devoted

is vowed; dedicated; consecrated.

devoted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
  • Zealous; characterized by devotion.
  • (obsolete) cursed; doomed.

    • Derived terms

    * devotedly * devotedness

    Verb

    (head)
  • (devote)

    • obsess

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.}}
  • (label) To dominate the thoughts of someone.
  • To think or talk obsessively about.

    • Related terms

    * obsession

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