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Sentiment vs Effusive - What's the difference?

sentiment | effusive |

As a noun sentiment

is a general thought, feeling, or sense.

As an adjective effusive is

gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression).

sentiment

English

Noun

  • A general thought, feeling, or sense.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
  • (label) Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment.
  • (label) Gentle or tender feelings, sometimes of a weak or foolish kind.

    • effusive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression)
  • (archaic) pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing
  • * Alexander Pope
    • washed with the effusive wave
  • (of igneous rock) extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava

    • Derived terms

    * effusively * effusiveness