different between eager vs wholehearted
eager
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?i??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?i???/
- Rhymes: -i???(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English egre, eger, from Old French egre (French aigre), from Latin acer (“sharp, keen”); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.
Alternative forms
- aigre (obsolete)
- eagre (obsolete)
Adjective
eager (comparative more eager, superlative most eager)
- Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
- 1887, John Keble, s:The Christian Year
- When to her eager lips is brought / Her infant's thrilling kiss.
- a crowd of eager and curious schoolboys
- 1887, John Keble, s:The Christian Year
- (computing theory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
- an eager algorithm
- (dated) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
- gold itself will be sometimes so eager, (as artists call it), that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself
- (obsolete) Sharp; sour; acid.
- (obsolete) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
Synonyms
- keen
- raring
- fain (archaic)
Derived terms
- eager beaver
- eagerly
- eagerness
Translations
Etymology 2
See eagre.
Noun
eager (plural eagers)
- Alternative form of eagre (tidal bore).
Further reading
- eager in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- eager in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- eager at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- aeger, agree, eagre, geare, æger
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wholehearted
English
Alternative forms
- whole-hearted
Etymology
whole +? hearted. First appeared in 1830-40 in the United States.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?h??l?h??(?)t.?d/
Adjective
wholehearted (comparative more wholehearted, superlative most wholehearted)
- Having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support.
Synonyms
- fullhearted
Derived terms
- wholeheartedly
- wholeheartedness
Translations
See also
- halfhearted
References
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- what is wholehearted living
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