Fervent vs. Zealous

Ferventadjective

Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief.

Zealousadjective

Full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion.

Ferventadjective

Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion.

Zealousadjective

Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or ardent, in behalf of an object.

‘He may be zealous in the salvation of souls.’;

Ferventadjective

Glowing, burning, very hot.

Zealousadjective

Filled with religious zeal.

Ferventadjective

Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer.

‘The elements shall melt with fervent heat.’;

Zealousadjective

marked by active interest and enthusiasm;

‘an avid sports fan’; ‘a great walker’; ‘an eager beaver’;

Ferventadjective

Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing.

‘Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit.’; ‘So spake the fervent angel.’; ‘A fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind.’; ‘Laboring fervently for you in prayers.’;

Zealousadjective

having or showing zeal

‘the council was extremely zealous in the application of the regulations’;

Ferventadjective

characterized by intense emotion;

‘ardent love’; ‘an ardent lover’; ‘a burning enthusiasm’; ‘a fervent desire to change society’; ‘a fervent admirer’; ‘fiery oratory’; ‘an impassioned appeal’; ‘a torrid love affair’;

Ferventadjective

sincerely or intensely felt;

‘a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort’; ‘a cordial abhorrence of waste’; ‘a fervent hope’;

Ferventadjective

extremely hot;

‘the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems’; ‘set out...when the fervid heat subsides’;