Volunteer vs Willing - What's the difference?
volunteer | willing |
One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his/her own free will, especially when done without pay.
(label) One who enters into military service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.
(label) A person who acts out of his own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.
in Wikipedia.
A native or resident of the American state of Tennessee.
(label) To enlist oneself as a volunteer.
(label) To do or offer to do something voluntarily.
(label) To offer.
To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.
To offer the services of (someone else) to do something.
Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.
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As nouns the difference between volunteer and willing
is that volunteer is one who enters into, or offers for, any service of his/her own free will, especially when done without pay while willing is the execution of a will.As verbs the difference between volunteer and willing
is that volunteer is to enlist oneself as a volunteer while willing is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective willing is
ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.volunteer
English
(wikipedia volunteer)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- to volunteer for doing the dishes
- to volunteer an explanation
- My sister volunteered me to do the dishes.
References
*willing
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}