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Is there a difference between 興味を持っている and 興味がある? With physical objects I
understand how the latter is more passive, but what about for abstract nouns
like 興味? For example in the sentence

> 片岡さんは、外国語に **興味を持っている** から、フランス語でも中国語でも、すぐ覚えてしまう。

Is there any difference if I instead say

> 片岡さんは、外国語に **興味がある** から、フランス語でも中国語でも、すぐ覚えてしまう。
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word-choice possession
興味を持っている vs 興味がある
興味を持っている is equivalent to "have an interest in sth." 興味がある is eqivalent to "be
interested in sth." Both are saying the same thing.
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It's just my opinion,  
I guess that a subject is different among those two sentences.

For example:

> 私は[疑問]{ぎもん}を持っている  
>  I have a question.
>
> 私は疑問がある  
>  →私(に)は疑問がある  
>  There is a question in my mind

The latter is a little bit more natural as spoken language in Japan than the
former, but I think those are completely same. I feel many of the former are
expressions from the literal translation.

> 私には[良]{よ}い[案]{あん}がある  
>  →I have a good idea.  
>  →私は良い案を持っている
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