different between emotion vs verve

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)

1. (obsolete) movement; agitation [16th–18th c.]
2. 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.
3. 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.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French verve (“rapture, animation, spirit, caprice, whim”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??(r)v/
• Rhymes: -??(r)v

Noun

verve (uncountable)

1. Rapture, enthusiasm, spirit, vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing.

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• vever

Dutch

Verb

verve

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of verven

French

Etymology

Probably from Late Latin verva, alteration of the plural of Latin verbum. Doublet of verbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??v/

Noun

verve f (plural verves)

1. eloquence
2. verve, brio

Descendants

• ? English: verve
• ? German: Verve
• ? Italian: verve

Further reading

• “verve” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Etymology

ver (“to beat”) +? -ve (adverbial-participle suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?rv?]
• Hyphenation: ver?ve
• Rhymes: -v?

Participle

verve

1. adverbial participle of ver

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French verve.

Noun

verve f (invariable)

1. verve

   Synonyms: brio, estro, vivacità

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• verva (a-infintive)

Etymology

From Old Norse hverfa, with influence from Middle Low German werven. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hwarbijan?. Doublet of kverve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²?ær.??/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

verve (present tense vervar, past tense verva, past participle verva, passive infinitive vervast, present participle vervande, imperative verv)

1. (transitive) to enlist
2. (reflexive) to enlist, to join a cause or organization, especially military service

References

• “verve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• vever