This page will make sure you never confuse anxious and eager again! Read the definitions, check out our example sentences, and be sure to follow the twitter feed to see how the internet is using these words in a sentence.
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Definition
Anxious
Feeling worried or eager to find out the results of something
Examples
He was very anxious that they would discover his secret.
Eager
Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
Examples
He was eager to start his new job.
Live Twitter Feeds
What's the internet saying about anxious/eager?
@_DollaNDaDream: so eager. so anxious.
@M_weezyteamswag: RT @everydayismyday: Realize that when you say "anxious" you often mean "eager"
@everydayismyday: Realize that when you say "anxious" you often mean "eager"
@cherjoanne: Anxious,excited and eager to start my masters...hope everything will turn out well in the enrollment
@dragonfriek: Eager, not anxious. It's going to be ok. Anything that happens, I can overcome.
@hadleyklepper: RT @heidimaebush: I'm so scared/ready/happy/sad/terrified/excited/eager/anxious to call myself a jhs alumni in a few hours. 😳😎😖😢😄😜😱 #likewut
@nwat9: RT @heidimaebush: I'm so scared/ready/happy/sad/terrified/excited/eager/anxious to call myself a jhs alumni in a few hours. 😳😎😖😢😄😜😱 #likewut
@heidimaebush: I'm so scared/ready/happy/sad/terrified/excited/eager/anxious to call myself a jhs alumni in a few hours. 😳😎😖😢😄😜😱 #likewut
@MalcolmLouw: RT @markchironna: Radical hopes arise from innate anxious longings and eager expectations causing you to persevere against defying, seemingly impossible odds.
@Livest5starQ: I wake up in the middle of the night anxious, restless, I have huge dreams. I'm so eager to get it; I can't sleep. Life can't go any slower.
@Airtel_Ug: RT @PheonaWall: @Airtel_Ug #theraiseprogram it is beautiful to see youth so hungry for life...so eager to learn so anxious to win!
@ms_joys: RT @markchironna: Radical hopes arise from innate anxious longings and eager expectations causing you to persevere against defying, seemingly impossible odds.
@_LiamShields: @beccawharton and im eager for this reply #anxious #scared #help
@14th_captain: RT @PheonaWall: @Airtel_Ug #theraiseprogram it is beautiful to see youth so hungry for life...so eager to learn so anxious to win!
@PheonaWall: @Airtel_Ug #theraiseprogram it is beautiful to see youth so hungry for life...so eager to learn so anxious to win!
@PreciseEdit: Am I ANXIOUS (afraid) to go, or am I EAGER (excited) to go? Word choice matters. From "Which Word Do I Use?"- http://t.co/ILOQqLvNQu
@Lerato_Says: @VusiSpeaker as we approach midnight #anxious..eager..hungry to learn and grow.