Willing vs Committed - What's the difference?
willing | committed |
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)
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(commit)
Obligated by a pledge to some course of action.
showing commitment.
Associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual relationship.
(rhetoric) Required by logic to endorse the conclusion of an argument.
As adjectives the difference between willing and committed
is that willing is ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course while committed is obligated by a pledge to some course of action.As verbs the difference between willing and committed
is that willing is while committed is (commit).As a noun willing
is (rare|or|obsolete) the execution of a will.willing
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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.}}