Zeal vs. Zealot — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Zeal and Zealot
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Definitions
Zeal
Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective
His zeal for privatization
Laura brought a missionary zeal to her work
Zealot
A person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals.
Zeal
Enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal.
Zealot
One who is zealous, especially excessively so.
Zeal
The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
She extols the virtues of veganism with missionary zeal.
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Zealot
A fanatically committed person.
Zeal
(obsolete) A person who exhibits such fervour or tireless devotion.
Zealot
Zealot A member of a Jewish movement of the first century AD that fought against Roman rule in Palestine as incompatible with strict monotheism.
Zeal
The collective noun for a group of zebras.
Zealot
One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic.
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Zeal
Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor.
I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
A zeal for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert with little care what shall be established.
Zealot
(historical) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.
Zeal
A zealot.
Zealot
(historical) A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.
Zeal
To be zealous.
Zealot
One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan.
Zealots for the one [tradition] were in hostile array against zealots for the other.
In Ayrshire, Clydesdale, Nithisdale, Annandale, every parish was visited by these turbulent zealots.
Zeal
A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause);
They were imbued with a revolutionary ardor
He felt a kind of religious zeal
Zealot
A member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans
Zeal
Excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end;
He had an absolute zeal for litigation
Zealot
A fervent and even militant proponent of something
