Wanting vs Ardent - What's the difference?
wanting | ardent | Related terms |
Absent or lacking.
* 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 171,
Full of ardor; fervent, passionate.
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 43
* {{quote-book
, year=1818
, author=Mary Shelley
, title=Frankenstein
, chapter=4
Burning; glowing; shining.
Wanting is a related term of ardent.
As adjectives the difference between wanting and ardent
is that wanting is absent or lacking while ardent is full of ardor; fervent, passionate.As a preposition wanting
is without.As a verb wanting
is .As a noun wanting
is the state of wanting something; desire.wanting
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- but where other powers of entertainment are wanting , the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.
Derived terms
* wantinglyVerb
(head)ardent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.
citation, passage=I see by your eagerness and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted; that cannot be; listen patiently until the end of my story, and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.}}