different between enthusiast vs admirer

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????????? (enthousiast?s, “an enthusiast, a zealot”), from ???????????? (enthousiázein, “(intransitive) be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy, (transitive) inspire”): see enthusiasm.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?n???u?.zi??st/, /-?u?-/, /-æst/
• (Received Pronunciation, Ireland) IPA^(key): /?n???u.zi?æst/, /-???-/, /-?st/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /??n????.zi??st/, /en-/, /-?ï?-/, /-æst/

Noun

enthusiast (plural enthusiasts)

1. A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.

   Synonyms: addict, aficionado, amateur, fancier, fan, fanatic, fiend, freak, geek, junkie, rooter, maniac, partisan, (computing) power user, (marketing) prosumer, zealot

2. (archaic) A person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• -phile

Further reading

• enthusiast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• enthusiast in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Tushetians, sustaineth

English

Etymology

admire +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?ma?.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æd?ma??.??/
• Rhymes: -a??r?(r)

Noun

admirer (plural admirers)

1. One who admires.
2. One who is romantically attracted to someone.

Derived terms

• secret admirer

Translations

Anagrams

• madrier, mardier, married

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adm?r?r?, present active infinitive of adm?ror.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.?e/

Verb

admirer

1. to admire.

Conjugation

Related terms

• admiration

Further reading

• “admirer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• madrier

Latin

Verb

adm?rer

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of adm?ror