feeling vs enthusiasm

enthusiasm vs feeling

feeling and enthusiasm both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
feeling	Yes	No	No	No
enthusiasm	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, enthusiasm is a hyponym of feeling; that is, enthusiasm is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than feeling:

feeling: the experiencing of affective and emotional states
enthusiasm: a feeling of excitement

Other hyponyms of feeling include affect, emotion, thing, glow, faintness, soul, soulfulness, passion, passionateness, sentiment, complex, ambivalence, ambivalency, apathy, desire, sex, sexual urge, pleasance, pleasure, pain, painfulness, pang, stab, twinge, liking, dislike, gratitude, ingratitude, ungratefulness, unconcern, shame, pride, pridefulness, humbleness, humility, amazement, astonishment, devastation, expectation, levity, gravity, solemnity, sensitiveness, sensitivity, agitation, calmness, bravery, fearlessness, happiness, sadness, unhappiness, hope, despair, affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness, humor, humour, mood, temper, fellow feeling, sympathy, anchorage, disinterest.

feeling (noun)	enthusiasm (noun)
the experiencing of affective and emotional states	overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
an intuitive understanding of something	a lively interest
a physical sensation that you experience	a feeling of excitement
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

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