Unflagging vs Zealous - What's the difference?
unflagging | zealous | Related terms |
Never tiring or lacking energy; without rest; without slowing.
: His unflagging efforts have not gone unnoticed.
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Full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion.
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* 1896 , , A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (2004 edition), page 122:
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Unflagging is a related term of zealous.
As adjectives the difference between unflagging and zealous
is that unflagging is never tiring or lacking energy; without rest; without slowing while zealous is full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion.unflagging
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(en adjective)Synonyms
* inexhaustible, tireless, untiring, unwearying, indefatigablezealous
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Alternative forms
* zelousAdjective
(en adjective)- Johnson was truly zealous for the success of "The Adventurer;" and very soon after his engaging in it, he wrote the following letter:
- Doubtless many will exclaim against the Roman Catholic Church for this; but the simple truth is that Protestantism was no less zealous against the new scientific doctrine.
- and there were few more zealous dancers at the fashionable balls in the Raleigh Tavern at Williamsburg.
Newt Gingrich," Time (retrieved 9 Sept 2013):
- Newt Gingrich . . . left Congress in 1998, following GOP midterm-election losses that many blamed on his zealous pursuit of Bill Clinton's impeachment.