Ambitious vs. Hardworking — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ambitious and Hardworking
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Ambitious
Full of, characterized by, or motivated by ambition.
Hardworking
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
Ambitious
Greatly desirous; eager
"I am not ambitious of ridicule" (Edmund Burke).
Hardworking
Habitually working diligently and for long hours.
Ambitious
Requiring or showing much effort; challenging
An ambitious schedule.
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Hardworking
Characterized by hard work and perseverance
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
Ambitious
(followed by "of" or the infinitive) Very desirous
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
Ambitious
Hard to achieve.
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.
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.
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.
Ambitious
Having a strong desire for success or achievement
Ambitious
Requiring full use of your abilities or resources;
Ambitious schedule
Performed the most challenging task without a mistake
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