Frenzy vs Fervor - What's the difference?
frenzy | fervor |
A state of wild activity or panic.
A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.
* Addison
* William Shakespeare, ''A midsummer Night's Dream, Act 5, scene 1:
(obsolete) Mad; frantic.
* 1678 John Bunyan The Pilgrim's Progress :
(uncommon) To render frantic.
(US) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
(US) A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
(US) Heat.
As nouns the difference between frenzy and fervor
is that frenzy is a state of wild activity or panic while fervor is (us) an intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.As an adjective frenzy
is (obsolete) mad; frantic.As a verb frenzy
is (uncommon) to render frantic.frenzy
English
Alternative forms
* phrenzy, phrensy (obsolete)Noun
(frenzies)- She went into a cleaning frenzy to prepare for the unexpected guests.
- All else is towering frenzy and distraction.
- The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling.
Derived terms
* feeding frenzyAdjective
(en adjective)- They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head.