Enthusiast vs. Lover — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Enthusiast and Lover
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Definitions
Enthusiast
A person who is very interested in a particular activity or subject
A sports car enthusiast
Lover
One who loves another, especially one who is involved in a romantic or sexual relationship with another.
Enthusiast
A person of intense and visionary Christian views.
Lover
Lovers A couple who are in love with each other.
Enthusiast
One who is filled with enthusiasm; one who is ardently absorbed in an interest or pursuit
A baseball enthusiast.
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Lover
One who is fond of or devoted to something
A lover of fine food.
Enthusiast
A zealot; a fanatic.
Lover
One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
Enthusiast
A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
Lover
A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
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Enthusiast
(archaic) A person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour.
Lover
A person who loves something.
A lover of fine wines
A lover of his/her own country
Enthusiast
One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman; a fanatic. (b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person.
Enthusiasts soon understand each other.
Lover
An informal term of address for any friend.
All right, me lover?
Enthusiast
An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
Lover
One who loves; one who is in love; - usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.
Love is blind, and lovers can not seeThe pretty follies that themselves commit.
Enthusiast
A person having a strong liking for something
Lover
A friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person or thing; as, a lover of his country.
I slew my best lover for the good of Rome.
Lover
One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music.
Lover
One who is involved in a sexual relationship with another; as, she took a lover.
Lover
See Louver.
Lover
A person who loves or is loved
Lover
An ardent follower and admirer
Lover
A significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
