different between enthusiastic vs industrious

English

Alternative forms

• enthusiastick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??ju?z??æst?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??u?zi?æst?k/
• Rhymes: -æst?k

Adjective

enthusiastic (comparative more enthusiastic, superlative most enthusiastic)

1. With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
   • W. Irving

Derived terms

• enthusiastically

Related terms

• enthusiasm
• enthusiast

Translations

Anagrams

• unchastities

English

Etymology

From Middle French industrieux, from Late Latin industriosus (“diligent, active, industrious”), from Latin industria (“diligence, industry”); see industry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d?st?i.?s/

Adjective

industrious (comparative more industrious, superlative most industrious)

1. Hard-working and persistent.
   • 1941, Ogden Nash, "The ant", in The Face is Familiar, Garden City Publishing Company, page 224.

     The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?

   I was very industrious in my effort to learn unicycle riding.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:industrious

Antonyms

• lazy

Derived terms

• industriousness

Related terms

• industrial
• industry
• industriousness

Translations

Further reading

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