Someone who likes a particular type of music,sport,book etc

Lover                                       Enthusiast

Freak                                       devotee

Fan

Lover [n C]

Be a lover of    Mr Roach was a lover of the arts and had a particular passion for classical music.   \jazz/art/animal etc lover  Every jazz lover , at some time in their life, has dreamed of visiting New Orleans. Great lover(=Someone whi likes or cares about something very much)Miss Bardot has gained the reputation of being a great animal lover.

Freak   fitness/health-food/jazz etc    Freak (= an informal word: someone who is extremely interested in fitness etc) [n C]

Raw vegtables in fitness and nuts have always been a favourite with health-food freaks.\Jack isn’t wild about pop music, But Jason is a real reggae٭ freak.

reggae٭: noun a style of popular music with a strongly accented subsidiary beat, originating in Jamaica.

Fan someone who likes a particular performer or activity very much, and watches or listens to them as often as possible [n C]

The fans shouted and screamed as Michael Jackson walked onto the stage. \opera/jazz/baseball etc fan Gina loved going to the theatre and was a great opera fan.

\be a big/great fan of (=have an extremely strong likeing for) I’ve never been a big fan of TV shows.

Enthusiast someone who likes a subject, activity, performer etc very much, is very interested in them and knows a lot about them [n C]

Football/film/jazz etc enthusiast

Real enthusisats are willing to pay up to $12,000 for an original copy of the book.

Devotee someone who likes something sych as art or literature so much that they spend a lot of their time and money on it [n C]

He’s and devotee of old Hollywoods movies.