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Willingness vs Eagerness - What's the difference?

willingness | eagerness |

Eagerness is a synonym of willingness.



As nouns the difference between willingness and eagerness

is that willingness is the state of being willing while eagerness is the state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.

willingness

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The state of being willing

    • eagerness

    English

    Alternative forms

    * eagreness (obsolete)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
  • * 1909:
    • The things he had to tell about...were enough to make you almost tremble with excitement, when you heard all the intimate details from an animal charmer and realized with what thrilling eagerness and anxiety the whole busy underworld was working.
  • (obsolete) Tartness; sourness
    • (Webster 1913)