different between emotion vs vehemence
emotion
English
Etymology
From Middle French emotion (modern French émotion), from émouvoir (“excite”) based on Latin ?m?tus, past participle of ?move? (“to move out, move away, remove, stir up, irritate”), from ?- (“out”) (variant of ex-), and move? (“move”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /??mo???n/, /i?mo???n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??m????n/
- Rhymes: -????n
Noun
emotion (countable and uncountable, plural emotions)
- (obsolete) movement; agitation [16th–18th c.]
- A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
- A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.
Synonyms
- (person's internal state of being): feeling, affect
Derived terms
- emotionable
- emotional
Related terms
Translations
References
- emotion at OneLook Dictionary Search
- emotion in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- emotion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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vehemence
English
Etymology
From Middle French vehemence, from Latin vehementia (“eagerness, strength”), from vehemens (“eager”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?vi??m?n(t)s/, /?vi?h?m?n(t)s/
Noun
vehemence (usually uncountable, plural vehemences)
- An intense concentration, force or power.
- The bear attacked with vengeance and vehemence.
- A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury.
- His response was bursting with hatred and vehemence.
- 2016 February 6, "Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace," The National (retrieved 8 February 2016):
- This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.
- Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, volume 3, chapter 1:
- I could not wonder at the vehemence of her care, her very soul was tenderness […]
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, volume 3, chapter 1:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:obstinacy
Related terms
- vehemency
- vehement
Translations
Further reading
- vehemence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vehemence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- vehemence at OneLook Dictionary Search
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