1. Love centers on one person only, while infatuation tends to consider several at the same time.
2. Love develops slowly.
3. Love recognizes those important things even as interest in the other person awakens compatibility, faults on reality. Infatuations disregard the consideration of workability between two people in matters of age, station in life, personality factors and world views.
4. Love motivates behavior usually toward the positive. Infatuation does the opposite.
5. Love controls desire for physical contact but infatuation explores it.
6. Love is selfless, while infatuation is selfish.
7. Love brings the approval of family and friends. Infatuation generates disapproval of these two groups.
8. Love produces security, Infatuation produces insecurity.
9. Love survive separation. Infatuation easily dies when put to a test like distance.
10. If it has to end, Love does it slowly. The emotional traces are meaningful and deep. Infatuation however ends rapidly, easily comes, easily goes.