Fury vs. Furor — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fury and Furor
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Fury
Violent anger; rage.
Furor
A general commotion; public disorder or uproar.
Fury
A fit of anger
"I went into a fury and shouted in his face" (William Least Heat-Moon).
Furor
Violent anger; frenzy.
Fury
Violent or frenzied action
The storm's fury.
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Furor
A fashion adopted enthusiastically by the public; a fad.
Fury
A violent disturbance or intense period of activity
"The Huns ... moved into Italy, unleashing a fury of destruction" (Arther Ferrill).
Furor
A state of intense excitement or ecstasy.
Fury
Fury Greek & Roman Mythology Any of the spirits who pursue and torment the doers of unavenged crimes, identified with the Greek Erinyes.
Furor
A general uproar or commotion.
Fury
Extreme anger.
Furor
Violent anger or frenzy.
Fury
Strength or violence in action.
Furor
A state of intense excitement.
The story of the princess's affair caused a furor among journalists.
Fury
An angry or malignant person.
Furor
An interest followed with exaggerated zeal; a fad.
Fury
(obsolete) A thief.
Furor
A sudden outburst (as of protest).
Fury
A thief.
Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies.
Furor
An interest followed with exaggerated zeal;
He always follows the latest fads
It was all the rage that season
Fury
Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm.
Her wit began to be with a divine fury inspired.
Furor
A sudden outburst (as of protest)
Fury
Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; - sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence.
I do oppose my patience to his fury.
Fury
Pl. (Greek Myth.) The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megæra; the Erinyes or Eumenides.
The Furies, they said, are attendants on justice, and if the sun in heaven should transgress his path would punish him.
Fury
One of the Parcæ, or Fates, esp. Atropos.
Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears,And slits the thin-spun life.
Fury
A stormy, turbulent violent woman; a hag; a vixen; a virago; a termagant.
Fury
A feeling of intense anger;
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
His face turned red with rage
Fury
State of violent mental agitation
Fury
The property of being wild or turbulent;
The storm's violence
Fury
(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
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