different between enthusiast vs beginner

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

From Middle English begynner, equivalent to begin +? -er. Cognate with West Frisian begjinner (“beginner”), Dutch beginner (“beginner”), Danish nybegynder (“beginner, novice”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b????n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b????n?/

Noun

beginner (plural beginners)

1. Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.

2. Someone who sets something in motion.

3. (theater) An actor who is present on stage in the first moments of a play.
   • 1949, Walter Macqueen-Pope, ?Gaiety: Theatre of Enchantment (page 60)

     On the stage, the beginners for the first piece had taken their places — the chorus were there, scared but determined, and in the wings waited Harlequin, in the person of Charles Lyall […]

Synonyms

• (recent starter): amateur, newbie
• See also Thesaurus:beginner

Derived terms

• beginnerish
• beginner's trap

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• benigner, bergenin

Dutch

Etymology

From beginnen +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b????n?r/
• Hyphenation: be?gin?ner
• Rhymes: -?n?r

Noun

beginner m (plural beginners, diminutive beginnertje n)

1. Someone who is just starting something, or has only recently started (similar to English)

Derived terms

• beginnerscursus