Interested
Interested adjective - Having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern.
Motivated and interested are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Motivated" instead an adjective "Interested".
Motivated
Motivated adjective - Provided with a motive or given incentive for action.
Interested and motivated are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Interested" instead an adjective "Motivated".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- ardent and interested
- ardent and motivated
- keen and interested
- keen and motivated
- eager and interested
- eager and motivated
- affected and interested
- affected and motivated
- earnest and interested
- earnest and motivated
- enthusiastic and interested
- enthusiastic and motivated
- moved and interested
- moved and motivated
Both words in one sentence
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The only exception is Shego who's Neutral Evil and not interested/motivated in taking over the world and Warhok and Warmonga who are Chaotic Evil, as they want to destroy the world instead.
Source: Lawful Evil -
The argument goes that all media is profit motivated and as such they are not particularly interested in defending freedom, they are interested in protecting their profit.
Source: Propaganda Machine - However, whereas Oedipus is motivated by the pursuit of justice and the well-being of his people, Creon is interested mainly in protecting his own power.
Source: Evil Counterpart / Theater
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