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Visionary vs Fanatic - What's the difference?

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Visionary is a related term of fanatic.


As adjectives the difference between visionary and fanatic

is that visionary is having vision or foresight while fanatic is fanatical.

As nouns the difference between visionary and fanatic

is that visionary is someone who has visions; a seer while fanatic is a person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.

visionary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having vision or foresight
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Or lull to rest the visionary maid.
  • imaginary or illusory
  • prophetic or revelatory
  • * Thomson
    • The visionary hour / When musing midnight reigns.
  • idealistic or utopian
    • a visionary scheme or project
    (Jonathan Swift)

    Noun

    (visionaries)
  • someone who has visions; a seer
  • an impractical dreamer
  • someone who has positive ideas about the future

    • fanatic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fanatick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Fanatical.
  • * T. Moore
    • But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast / To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.
  • (obsolete) Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.

    • See also

    * fan * crank

    Quotations

    * A zealot can't change his mind. A fanatic can't change his mind and won't change the subject. — (attributed) * A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim. —