Pride vs. Enthusiasm — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pride and Enthusiasm
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Definitions
Pride➦
Pride is positive emotional response or attitude to something with an intimate connection to oneself, due to its perceived value. Oxford defines it amongst other things as "the quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's own importance" This may be related to one's own abilities or achievements, positive characteristics of friends or family, or one's country.
Enthusiasm➦
In modern usage, enthusiasm refers to intense enjoyment, interest, or approval expressed by a person. The term is related to playfulness, inventiveness, optimism and high energy.
Pride➦
A sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect.
Enthusiasm➦
Great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause.
Pride➦
Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association
Parental pride.
Enthusiasm➦
A source or cause of great excitement or interest.
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Pride➦
Arrogant or disdainful conduct or treatment; haughtiness.
Enthusiasm➦
Ecstasy arising from supposed possession by a god.
Pride➦
A cause or source of pleasure or satisfaction; the best of a group or class
These soldiers were their country's pride.
Enthusiasm➦
Religious fanaticism.
Pride➦
The most successful or thriving condition; prime
The pride of youth.
Enthusiasm➦
Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
Try to curb your enthusiasm.
They have a great enthusiasm for country music.
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Pride➦
An excessively high opinion of oneself; conceit.
Enthusiasm➦
Something in which one is keenly interested.
Pride➦
Mettle or spirit in horses.
Enthusiasm➦
Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
Pride➦
(Zoology) A group of lions, usually consisting of several related females and their offspring and a small number of unrelated adult males.
Enthusiasm➦
Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly subject to some divine impulse.
Enthusiasm is founded neither on reason nor divine revelation, but rises from the conceits of a warmed or overweening imagination.
Pride➦
A flamboyant or impressive group
A pride of acrobats.
Enthusiasm➦
A state of impassioned emotion; transport; elevation of fancy; exaltation of soul; as, the poetry of enthusiasm.
Resolutions adopted in enthusiasm are often repented of when excitement has been succeeded by the wearing duties of hard everyday routine.
Exhibiting the seeming contradiction of susceptibility to enthusiasm and calculating shrewdness.
Pride➦
To indulge (oneself) in a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction
I pride myself on this beautiful garden.
Enthusiasm➦
Enkindled and kindling fervor of soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf of a cause or a subject; ardent and imaginative zeal or interest; as, he engaged in his profession with enthusiasm.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Pride➦
The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others.
Enthusiasm➦
Lively manifestation of joy or zeal.
Philip was greeted with a tumultuous enthusiasm.
Pride➦
A sense of one's own worth, and scorn for what is beneath or unworthy of oneself; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; rejection of shame
He took pride in his work.
He had pride of ownership in his department.
Enthusiasm➦
A feeling of excitement
Pride➦
Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation.
Enthusiasm➦
Overflowing with enthusiasm
Pride➦
That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
Enthusiasm➦
A lively interest;
Enthusiasm for his program is growing
Pride➦
Show; ostentation; glory.
Pride➦
Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory.
Pride➦
Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
Pride➦
Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female animal.
Pride➦
A company of lions or other large felines.
A pride of lions often consists of a dominant male, his harem and their offspring, but young adult males 'leave home' to roam about as bachelors pride until able to seize/establish a family pride of their own.
Pride➦
(zoology) The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
Pride➦
(reflexive) To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.
I pride myself on being a good judge of character.
Pride➦
A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); - called also prid, and sandpiper.
Pride➦
The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.
Those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt.
Pride➦
A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; - in a good sense.
Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride.
A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.
Pride➦
Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.
Let not the foot of pride come against me.
That hardly we escaped the pride of France.
Pride➦
That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
Lofty trees yclad with summer's pride.
I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
A bold peasantry, their country's pride.
Pride➦
Show; ostentation; glory.
Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war.
Pride➦
Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life.
A falcon, towering in her pride of place.
Pride➦
Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
Pride➦
To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; - used reflexively.
Pluming and priding himself in all his services.
Pride➦
To be proud; to glory.
Pride➦
A feeling of self-respect and personal worth
Pride➦
Satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements;
He takes pride in his son's success
Pride➦
The trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards
Pride➦
A group of lions
Pride➦
Unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Pride➦
Be proud of;
He prides himself on making it into law school
