adoration vs ambition

adoration

noun
  • The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination. 

  • The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV). 

  • An act of religious worship. 

  • Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance. 

  • Admiration or esteem. 

ambition

noun
  • An object of an ardent desire. 

  • Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people. 

  • A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal. 

  • A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things. 

verb
  • To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. 

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