Willing vs Adventurous - What's the difference?
willing | adventurous |
Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.}}
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title=
Inclined to adventure; willing to incur risks; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=
, volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash.
As adjectives the difference between willing and adventurous
is that willing is ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course while adventurous is inclined to adventure; willing to incur risks; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring.As a noun willing
is the execution of a will.As a verb willing
is present participle of lang=en.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.}}
Synonyms
* agreeable, agreeing, consenting, voluntaryDerived terms
* willing horseVerb
(head)External links
* *adventurous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Nick Miroff
Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […], passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.}}
