Mission vs. Passion — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Mission and Passion
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Mission
A special assignment given to a person or group
An agent on a secret mission.
Passion
Strong and barely controllable emotion
A man of impetuous passion
Mission
A combat operation assigned to a person or military unit.
Passion
The suffering and death of Jesus
Meditations on the Passion of Christ
Mission
An aerospace operation intended to carry out specific program objectives
A mission to Mars.
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Passion
Strong or powerful emotion
A crime of passion.
Mission
An ambition or purpose that is assumed by a person or group
Felt it was his mission in life to help the poor.
Passion
A powerful emotion, such as anger or joy
A spirit governed by intense passions.
Mission
A body of persons sent to conduct negotiations or establish relations with a foreign country.
Passion
A state of strong sexual desire or love
"His desire flared into a passion he could no longer check" (Barbara Taylor Bradford).
Mission
The business with which such a body of persons is charged.
Passion
The object of such desire or love
She became his passion.
Mission
A permanent diplomatic office abroad.
Passion
Boundless enthusiasm
His skills as a player don't quite match his passion for the game.
Mission
A body of experts or dignitaries sent to a foreign country.
Passion
The object of such enthusiasm
Soccer is her passion.
Mission
A body of persons sent to a foreign land by a religious organization, especially a Christian organization, to spread its faith or provide educational, medical, and other assistance.
Passion
An abandoned display of emotion, especially of anger
He's been known to fly into a passion without warning.
Mission
A mission established abroad.
Passion
The sufferings of Jesus in the period following the Last Supper and including the Crucifixion, as related in the New Testament.
Mission
The district assigned to a mission worker.
Passion
A narrative, musical setting, or pictorial representation of Jesus's sufferings.
Mission
A building or compound housing a mission.
Passion
Martyrdom
The passion of Saint Margaret.
Mission
An organization for carrying on missionary work in a territory.
Passion
A true desire sustained or prolonged.
Mission
Missions Missionary duty or work.
Passion
Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.
We share a passion for books.
Mission
A Christian church or congregation with no cleric of its own that depends for support on a larger religious organization.
Passion
Fervor, determination.
Mission
A welfare or educational organization established for the needy people of a district.
Passion
An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.
It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion.
Mission
To send (someone) on a mission.
Passion
Sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional.
We shared a night of passion.
Mission
To organize or establish a religious mission among (a people) or in (an area).
Passion
The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
Mission
Of or relating to a mission.
Passion
A display, musical composition, or play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
Mission
Of or relating to a style of architecture or furniture used in the early Spanish missions of California.
Passion
(obsolete) Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.
A cardiac passion
Mission
Often Mission Of or relating to a furniture style originating during the Arts and Crafts Movement and characterized by sturdy, angular, solid wood construction.
Passion
(obsolete) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition
Mission
(countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
Passion
(obsolete) The capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
Mission
(uncountable) Religious evangelism.
Passion
(obsolete) An innate attribute, property, or quality of a thing.
[...] to obtain the knowledge of some passion of the circle.
Mission
(in the plural, "the missions") Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
Passion
(obsolete) Disorder of the mind; madness.
Mission
An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
Passion
(obsolete) To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
Mission
A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
Passion
(transitive) To give a passionate character to.
Mission
(obsolete) Dismissal; discharge from service
Passion
A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross.
To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs.
Mission
A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
Many cities across the Americas grew from Spanish missions.
Passion
The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; - opposed to action.
A body at rest affords us no idea of any active power to move, and, when set in motion, it is rather a passion than an action in it.
Mission
(transitive) To send on a mission.
Passion
Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
Moldable and not moldable, scissible and not scissible, and many other passions of matter.
Mission
(intransitive) To do missionary work, proselytize.
Passion
The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of love, hate, jealously, wrath, ambition, avarice, fear, etc.; a passion for war, or for drink; an orator should have passion as well as rhetorical skill.
We also are men of like passions with you.
The nature of the human mind can not be sufficiently understood, without considering the affections and passions, or those modifications or actions of the mind consequent upon the apprehension of certain objects or events in which the mind generally conceives good or evil.
The term passion, and its adverb passionately, often express a very strong predilection for any pursuit, or object of taste - a kind of enthusiastic fondness for anything.
The bravery of his grief did put meInto a towering passion.
The ruling passion, be it what it will,The ruling passion conquers reason still.
Who walked in every path of human life,Felt every passion.
When statesmen are ruled by faction and interest, they can have no passion for the glory of their country.
Mission
The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission.
Whose glorious deeds, but in these fields of late,Made emulous missions 'mongst the gods themselves.
Passion
Disorder of the mind; madness.
Mission
That with which a messenger or agent is charged; an errand; business or duty on which one is sent; a commission.
How to begin, how to accomplish bestHis end of being on earth, and mission high.
Passion
Passion week. See Passion week, below.
Mission
Persons sent; any number of persons appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy; as, the Russian mission to the United Nations.
In these ships there should be a mission of three of the fellows or brethren of Solomon's house.
Passion
To give a passionate character to.
Mission
An assotiation or organization of missionaries; a station or residence of missionaries.
Passion
To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
Mission
An organization for worship and work, dependent on one or more churches.
Passion
Strong feeling or emotion
Mission
A course of extraordinary sermons and services at a particular place and time for the special purpose of quickening the faith and zeal participants, and of converting unbelievers.
Passion
Intense passion or emotion
Mission
Dismission; discharge from service.
Passion
Something that is desired intensely;
His rage for fame destroyed him
Mission
To send on a mission.
Passion
An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
Mission
An organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
Passion
A feeling of strong sexual desire
Mission
An operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters;
The planes were on a bombing mission
Passion
Any object of warm affection or devotion;
The theater was her first love
He has a passion for cock fighting
Mission
A special assignment that is given to a person or group;
A confidential mission to London
His charge was deliver a message
Passion
The suffering of Jesus at the crucifixion
Mission
The organized work of a religious missionary
Mission
A group of representatives or delegates
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