different between promptitude vs enthusiasm

promptitude

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Late Latin promptitudo, from Latin promptus.

Noun

promptitude (usually uncountable, plural promptitudes)

  1. The quality of being prompt; alacrity.
    • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18, [1]
      Small wonder then that the Indomitable's Captain, though in general a man of rapid decision, felt that circumspectness not less than promptitude was necessary.

Synonyms

  • (quality of being prompt): promptness

Translations


French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin promptit?do.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p???p.ti.tyd/
  • Rhymes: -yd

Noun

promptitude f (uncountable)

  1. promptitude

Further reading

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

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enthusiasm

English

Etymology

First attested from 1603, from Middle French enthousiasme, from Late Latin enthusiasmus, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (enthousiasmós), from ?? (en, in) + ???? (theós, god) + ????? (ousía, essence).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n??ju?z?æz(?)m/, /?n-/
  • (yod dropping) IPA(key): /-?u?-/

Noun

enthusiasm (countable and uncountable, plural enthusiasms)

  1. (obsolete or historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
  2. Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
  3. Something in which one is keenly interested.
    • 1968, Central States Archaeological Journal (volumes 15-16, page 154)
      My main enthusiasm is attending and seeing the progress and interest of collectors, to meet old friends, and hopefully to make new friends.

Related terms

  • enthuse
  • enthusiast
  • enthusiastic
  • enthusiastically

Translations

Anagrams

  • Shunamites

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