different between enthusiast vs cineast

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

Alternative forms

• cineaste

Etymology

From French cinéaste.

Noun

cineast (plural cineasts)

1. An enthusiast of film and the cinema.
2. A person in the filmmaking industry.

Related terms

• cineastic

Translations

Anagrams

• Castine, acetins, ascient, casinet

Romanian

Etymology

From French cinéaste.

Noun

cineast m (plural cinea?ti)

1. filmmaker

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Since 1962 from French cinéaste, "filmmaker". From cinéma "cinema" and enthousiaste "enthusiast".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?ne?ast/

Noun

cineast c

1. someone with great interest in film and film-related subjects; cineast, movie buff

   Hon har varit en hängiven cineast sen yngre tonåren.

   "She has been an avid cineast since her early teens."

Declension