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