different between devoted vs enthusiastic

English

Etymology

From devote +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??v??t?d/

Verb

devoted

1. simple past tense and past participle of devote

Adjective

devoted (comparative more devoted, superlative most devoted)

1. Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
2. Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.

   Bob and Sara are devoted to their children.

3. Zealous; characterized by devotion.
4. (obsolete) Cursed; doomed.
   • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 31:

     The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction […].

   • 1828, Washington Irving, A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, book 1:

     They had recently considered themselves devoted men, hurrying forwards to destruction; they now looked upon themselves as favorites of fortune, and gave themselves up to the most unbounded joy.

Derived terms

• devotedly
• devotedness

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• enthusiastick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??ju?z??æst?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??u?zi?æst?k/
• Rhymes: -æst?k

Adjective

enthusiastic (comparative more enthusiastic, superlative most enthusiastic)

1. With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
   • W. Irving

Derived terms

• enthusiastically

Related terms

• enthusiasm
• enthusiast

Translations

Anagrams

• unchastities