different between burning vs vehement

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /b?n??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??n??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n??

Verb

burning

1. present participle of burn

Adjective

burning (comparative more burning, superlative most burning)

1. So hot as to seem to burn (something).
2. Feeling very hot.

3. Feeling great passion.

4. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.

   • like a young hound upon a burning scent

5. Being keenly discussed.

   a burning question; a burning issue

Derived terms

• wood-burning, woodburning

Translations

Noun

burning (plural burnings)

1. The act by which something burns or is burned.
   • 1850, The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal (volume 91, page 93)

     The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.

2. A fire.

   The burnings continued all day.

Translations

Anagrams

• Bruning

English

Etymology

From Middle French vehement (modern French véhément; compare Italian veemente, Portuguese veemente, Spanish vehemente); or from Latin vehem?ns (“vehement; very eager; ardent, furious, impetuous; emphatic”), probably from v?- (“prefix meaning ‘lacking, too little’”) + m?ns (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi?.?.m?nt/
• Hyphenation: ve?he?ment

Adjective

vehement (comparative more vehement, superlative most vehement)

1. Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.

Synonyms

• full-throated
• swith (obsolete or dialectal)

Related terms

• vehemence
• vehemently

Translations

Further reading

• vehement in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• vehement at OneLook Dictionary Search
• vehement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vehem?ns, vehementem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /v?.??ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /b?.??men/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ve.e?ment/

Adjective

vehement (masculine and feminine plural vehements)

1. vehement

Derived terms

• vehementment

Related terms

• vehemència

Further reading

• “vehement” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vehemens, vehementis.

Adjective

vehement (comparative vehementer, superlative am vehementesten)

1. vehement

Declension

Synonyms

• heftig

Further reading

• “vehement” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French véhément, from Latin vehemens.

Adjective

vehement m or n (feminine singular vehement?, masculine plural vehemen?i, feminine and neuter plural vehemente)

1. vehement

Declension