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Inspired vs Optimistic - What's the difference?

inspired | optimistic |

As adjectives the difference between inspired and optimistic

is that inspired is having excellence through inspiration while optimistic is expecting the best in all possible ways.

As a verb inspired

is (inspire).

inspired

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having excellence through inspiration.
    • The actor's inspired performance of Hamlet's soliloquy left the audience dumbfounded.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 23 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.}}
  • Filled with inspiration or motivated.
    • The artist was inspired to paint a true masterpiece .
    He was inspired to learn to fly.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (inspire).
  • *{{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}}

    optimistic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Expecting the best in all possible ways.
    • in an optimistic mood
    optimistic plans
    took an optimistic view

    Antonyms

    * pessimistic