Ambitious vs. Eager — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ambitious and Eager
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Ambitious
Full of, characterized by, or motivated by ambition.
Eager
Strongly wanting to do or have something
The man was eager to please
Young intellectuals eager for knowledge
Ambitious
Greatly desirous; eager
"I am not ambitious of ridicule" (Edmund Burke).
Eager
Having or showing keen interest, intense desire, or impatient expectancy. See Usage Note at anxious.
Ambitious
Requiring or showing much effort; challenging
An ambitious schedule.
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Eager
(Obsolete) Tart; sharp; cutting.
Ambitious
(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
An ambitious person
Someone's ambitious nature
Eager
Variant of eagre.
Ambitious
(followed by "of" or the infinitive) Very desirous
Eager
See tidal bore.
Ambitious
Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition
An ambitious project
An ambitious style
An ambitious attempt to take power
An ambitious plan
An ambitious goal
Eager
Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
Stacey is very eager to go cycling this weekend.
The hounds were eager in the chase.
I was eager to show my teacher how much I'd learned over the holidays.
You stayed up all night to get to the front of the queue. You must be very eager to get tickets.
Ambitious
Hard to achieve.
Eager
(comptheory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
An eager algorithm
Ambitious
Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,And Brutus is an honorable man.
Eager
(dated) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
Ambitious
Strongly desirous; - followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
I was not ambitious of seeing this ceremony.
Studious of song, and yet ambitious not to sing in vain.
Eager
Sharp; sour; acid.
Ambitious
Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style.
A giant statue . . . Pushed by a wild and artless race,From off wide, ambitious base.
Eager
Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
Ambitious
Having a strong desire for success or achievement
Eager
Alternative form of eagre(tidal bore).
Ambitious
Requiring full use of your abilities or resources;
Ambitious schedule
Performed the most challenging task without a mistake
Eager
Sharp; sour; acid.
Eager
Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
Eager
Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase.
And gazed for tidings in my eager eyes.
How eagerly ye follow my disgraces!
When to her eager lips is broughtHer infant's thrilling kiss.
A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys.
Conceit and grief an eager combat fight.
Eager
Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
Gold will be sometimes so eager, as artists call it, that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself.
Eager
Same as Eagre.
Eager
A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
Eager
Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy;
Eager to learn
Eager to travel abroad
Eager for success
Eager helpers
An eager look
Eager
Marked by active interest and enthusiasm;
An avid sports fan
A great walker
An eager beaver
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