What's the difference between amorous and interest?

Amorous


Definition:

  • (a.) Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an amorous disposition.
  • (a.) Affected with love; in love; enamored; -- usually with of; formerly with on.
  • (a.) Of or relating to, or produced by, love.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Kafka's faceless and amoral heroes, on the other hand, inspire no sympathy at all.
  • (2) Amor Almagro, spokesperson for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan, said: "There have been several meetings between the government of Sudan and the Tripartite on the implementation of the MoU, but so far access has not been granted for us to carry out an assessment and deliver much needed food assistance in areas held by the SPLM-N. "We remain concerned about the ongoing conflict and insecurity, which has hampered our ability to reach all those in need of food assistance."
  • (3) Nothing substantial altered in the world, and the wild, amoral capitalism that developed from his Hayek-inspired economic vision created wealth for some, but otherwise had no respect for the homes or jobs of Powell’s followers, nor for the other things he cared about – tradition, national borders, patriotism or religion.
  • (4) This is a party on its way to becoming a multinational libertarian sect, whose preoccupations are no longer those either of much of its electorate or of the business community – wrestling with how genuinely to innovate, invest and motivate workforces in a world of increasingly amoral, ownerless companies so beloved and promoted by the sect.
  • (5) Tommy from Vice City is a cackling psychopath, and CJ from San Andreas merely rides the acquisitionist philosophy of hip-hop culture to terminal amorality.
  • (6) When Hall became amorous for a second time, she made it clear she wanted nothing to do with him, gathered her things and headed towards her room.
  • (7) Among them was Amor Masovic, the chairman of the Bosnian Missing Persons Institute, the man entrusted by the state with the endless task of accounting for the dead.
  • (8) Based on a script by Oscar-nominated writer Beau Willimon, it was to be a remake the 1990 BBC series House of Cards, and would star Kevin Spacey as an amoral US senator.
  • (9) Amphotericin B (Amph B), 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC), ketoconazole (KTZ), fluconazole (FLZ), amorolfine (AMOR) and terbinafine (TER) were tested against 3 agents of central nervous system phaeohyphomycosis in vitro and in life-threatening infections in mice.
  • (10) Villains who are also heroes, amoral manipulators whose goals may ultimately be honourable: it's hard to talk of such things with Cranston for long without circling back to Walter White, possibly the darkest and most morally ambiguous protagonist in television history.
  • (11) But now that the Thatcherite alternative has failed just as completely with a broken, amoral banking system, those 1960s and 70s struggles seem less futile.
  • (12) The film itself has a similar feel: relentlessly entertaining but brazenly, outrageously amoral.
  • (13) Church of England calls for 'fresh moral vision' in British politics Read more The prime minister, whose government has clashed with the Church of England over the direction and severity of policy, said the changes it had made since the last election should likewise not be seen as “amoral”.
  • (14) Released in 1935, it chronicles the musical and amorous adventures of two young men who put on a cabaret for tourists in the Morro da Providência , the hill near the port area of Rio de Janeiro, which, 40 years earlier, had become Brazil’s first favela.
  • (15) The Telegraph's religion editor and Church of England priest George Pitcher has described him as personifying "the new amorality of avaricious, red-top, vulgar New Britain".
  • (16) It will be the latest improbable chapter in the life story of a man raised as an Eisenhower Republican, who fought as a patriot in Vietnam and made his name in Hollywood writing such splashy, amoral screenplays as Scarface for Al Pacino, before becoming an Oscar-winning, Chávez-admiring Buddhist whom the Observer described as "one of the few committed men of the left working in mainstream American cinema" .
  • (17) Samir Ben Amor is also concerned that, despite promises from the government, the exact wording of the amnesty law has yet to be released.
  • (18) The revitalisation of Guillermo Amor’s side as genuine premiership contenders gathered further momentum at AAMI Park.
  • (19) Among Brazilian film buffs and cultural historians, the film Favela dos Meus Amores has gained cult-like status.
  • (20) Human- and snail-related aspects of the transmission of schistosomiasis mansoni was studied in the Amor Parish community located at the western bank of the River Nile in the Nebbi District, north-western Uganda.

Interest


Definition:

  • (n.) To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.
  • (n.) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.
  • (n.) To cause or permit to share.
  • (n.) Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern.
  • (n.) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.
  • (n.) Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.
  • (n.) Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.
  • (n.) Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.
  • (n.) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A group of interested medical personnel has been identified which has begun to work together.
  • (2) Hypothyroidism complicated by spontaneous hyperthyroidism is an interesting but rare occurrence in the spectrum of autoimmune thyroid disorders.
  • (3) It is quite interesting to analyse which gene of the virus determines the characteristics of the virus.
  • (4) Another interested party, the University of Miami, had been in talks with the Beckham group over the potential for a shared stadium project.
  • (5) "Britain needs to be in the room when the euro countries meet," he said, "so that it can influence the argument and ensure that what the 17 do will not damage the market or British interests.
  • (6) Angle closure glaucoma is a well-known complication of scleral buckling and it is of particular interest when it occurs in eyes with previously normal angles.
  • (7) Today’s figures tell us little about the timing of the first increase in interest rates, which will depend on bigger picture news on domestic growth, pay trends and perceived downside risks in the global economy,” he said.
  • (8) To this figure an additional 250,000 older workers must be added, who are no longer registered as unemployed but nevertheless would be interested in finding another job.
  • (9) Whittingdale also defended the right of MPs to use privilege to speak out on public interest matters.
  • (10) David Cameron has insisted that membership of the European Union is in Britain's national interest and vital for "millions of jobs and millions of families", as he urged his own backbenchers not to back calls for a referendum on the UK's relationship with Brussels.
  • (11) But if you want to sustain a long-term relationship, it's important to try to develop other erotic interests and skills, because most partners will expect and demand that.
  • (12) One of the most interesting aspects of the shadow cabinet elections, not always readily interpreted because of the bizarre process of alliances of convenience, is whether his colleagues are ready to forgive and forget his long years as Brown's representative on earth.
  • (13) While the majority of EU member states, including the UK, do not have a direct interest in the CAR, or in taking action, the alternative is unthinkable.
  • (14) And the irony of it is it doesn't interest me at all.
  • (15) Further exploration of these excretory pathways will provide interesting new insights on the numerous cholestatic and hyperbilirubinemic syndromes that occur in nature.
  • (16) The information about her father's semi-brainwashing forms an interesting backdrop to Malala's comments when I ask if she ever wonders about the man who tried to kill her on her way back from school that day in October last year, and why his hands were shaking as he held the gun – a detail she has picked up from the girls in the school bus with her at the time; she herself has no memory of the shooting.
  • (17) Our interest in the role of association brain structures during this behavior is not occasional.
  • (18) Apart from their pathogenic significance, these results may have some interest for the clinical investigation of patients with joint diseases.
  • (19) Photograph: AP Reasons for wavering • State relies on coal-fired electricity • Poor prospects for wind power • Conservative Democrat • Represents conservative district in conservative state and was elected on narrow margins Campaign support from fossil fuel interests in 2008 • $93,743 G K Butterfield (North Carolina) GK Butterfield, North Carolina.
  • (20) Interestingly, different mechanisms of nucleated and non-nucleated TC directed lysis by CD4+ effectors were implied by distinct patterns of sensitivity to cholera toxin (CT) and cyclosporin A (CsA).