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To be interested is to be absorbed in, wrapped up in, carried away by, some object. To take an interest is to be on the alert, to care about, to be attentive.

John Dewey
Teaching, Learning, Care
John Dewey (2015). “Democracy and Education”, p.130, Sheba Blake Publishing
To be interested is to be absorbed in, wrapped up in, carried away by, some object. To take an interest is to be on the alert, to care about, to be attentive.