different between eagerness vs strenuousness

English

Alternative forms

• eagreness (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English egernesse, egrenesse; equivalent to eager +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?i??n?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i???n?s/
• Hyphenation: ea?ger?ness

Noun

eagerness (usually uncountable, plural eagernesses)

1. The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
   • 1909: Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

     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.

2. (obsolete) Tartness; sourness

Translations

Anagrams

• Gerasenes, eagreness, green seas, sea greens

English

Etymology

strenuous +? -ness

Noun

strenuousness (usually uncountable, plural strenuousnesses)

1. The state or character of being strenuous; active zeal.

   Synonyms: eagerness, earnestness

Synonyms

• strenuosity
• eagerness
• earnestness

Further reading

• strenuousness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• strenuousness at OneLook Dictionary Search