Zealous vs Effusive - What's the difference?
zealous | effusive |
Full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion.
* 1791 , , volume 1, page 238:
* 1896 , , A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (2004 edition), page 122:
* 1940 , Foster Rhea Dulles, America Learns to Play: A history of popular recreation, 1607-1940 , page 61:
* 2011 April 4, "
gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression)
(archaic) pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing
* Alexander Pope
(of igneous rock) extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava
As adjectives the difference between zealous and effusive
is that zealous is full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion while effusive is gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression).zealous
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Alternative forms
* zelousAdjective
(en adjective)- Johnson was truly zealous for the success of "The Adventurer;" and very soon after his engaging in it, he wrote the following letter:
- Doubtless many will exclaim against the Roman Catholic Church for this; but the simple truth is that Protestantism was no less zealous against the new scientific doctrine.
- and there were few more zealous dancers at the fashionable balls in the Raleigh Tavern at Williamsburg.
Newt Gingrich," Time (retrieved 9 Sept 2013):
- Newt Gingrich . . . left Congress in 1998, following GOP midterm-election losses that many blamed on his zealous pursuit of Bill Clinton's impeachment.
Synonyms
* (full of zeal) ardent, eager, enthusiastic, fervent, passionate, zealoticAntonyms
* (full of zeal) apathetic, dispassionate, indifferent, unenthusiasticDerived terms
* overzealous * zealously * zealousnesseffusive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- washed with the effusive wave
