different between earnestness vs fervor

English

Etymology

earnest +? -ness

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n?stn?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???n?stn?s/
• Hyphenation: ear?nest?ness

Noun

earnestness (countable and uncountable, plural earnestnesses)

1. The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness.
   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     She’s joined, on the boys’ side, by Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), a baker’s son whose earnestness masks a gift for strategy that Katniss lacks.

Translations

Anagrams

• easternness

English

Alternative forms

• fervour (Commonwealth)

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fervor (“a boiling or raging heat, heat, vehemence, passion”), from fervere (“to boil, be hot”); see fervent.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?v?/

Noun

fervor (countable and uncountable, plural fervors)

1. (American spelling) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.

2. (American spelling) A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
3. (American spelling) Heat.

Synonyms

• (passionate enthusiasm): fire in the belly, zeal

Related terms

• fervent
• fervid
• fever

Translations

Further reading

• fervor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• fervor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “fervor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• frover

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fervor, attested from the 14th century.

Noun

fervor m or f (plural fervors)

1. fervor

Derived terms

• fervorós

Related terms

• fervent

References

Further reading

• “fervor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fervor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fervor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

From ferve? +? -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fer.u?or/, [?f?ru??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fer.vor/, [?f?rv?r]

Noun

fervor m (genitive ferv?ris); third declension

1. boiling heat
2. fermenting
3. ardour, passion, fury
4. intoxication

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• fervor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fervor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fervor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin fervor. Attested from the 14th century.

Pronunciation

Noun

fervor f (plural fervors)

1. fervor

   Synonym: ardor

Related terms

• fervent
• fervorós

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ferv?ris.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /f??.?vo?/
• Hyphenation: fer?vor

Noun

fervor m (plural fervores)

1. fervour (passionate enthusiasm)

Related terms

• fervente
• fervoroso

Further reading

• “fervor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ferv?ris.

Noun

fervor m (plural fervores)

1. fervor

Related terms

• ferviente
• fervoroso

Further reading

• “fervor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.