Willing vs Zeal - What's the difference?
willing | zeal |
Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.
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The fervor or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
* Dryden
* Bible, Romans x. 2
(obsolete) A zealot.
As nouns the difference between willing and zeal
is that willing is the execution of a will while zeal is the fervor or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.As an adjective willing
is ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.As a verb willing
is present participle of lang=en.willing
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Adjective
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Synonyms
* agreeable, agreeing, consenting, voluntaryDerived terms
* willing horseVerb
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* *zeal
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Noun
- Zeal , the blind conductor of the will.
- I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
- (Ben Jonson)
