Fervour vs. Zeal — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fervour and Zeal
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Fervour
Intense and passionate feeling
He talked with all the fervour of a new convert
Zeal
Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective
His zeal for privatization
Laura brought a missionary zeal to her work
Fervour
Intense heat.
Zeal
Enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal.
Fervour
Variant of fervor.
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Zeal
The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
She extols the virtues of veganism with missionary zeal.
Fervour
An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardour.
Zeal
(obsolete) A person who exhibits such fervour or tireless devotion.
Fervour
A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
Zeal
The collective noun for a group of zebras.
Fervour
Heat.
Zeal
Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor.
I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
A zeal for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert with little care what shall be established.
Fervour
The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up;
His face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled
He tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation
Zeal
A zealot.
Fervour
Feelings of great warmth and intensity;
He spoke with great ardor
Zeal
To be zealous.
Zeal
A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause);
They were imbued with a revolutionary ardor
He felt a kind of religious zeal
Zeal
Excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end;
He had an absolute zeal for litigation
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