MDMAlliance said:
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According to the American Heritage College Dictionary,:
A fan is "an ardent devotee, an enthusiast."
A Fanatic is defined as "a person marked by an extreme unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause."
Even though in the beginning Fan was used as abreviation of fanatic, it no longer refers to the same "quality" of a person
The distinction, then, rests on whether the enthusiasm is ardent or unreasoning (ilogical).
I other words Fan ≠ Fanatic.








