different between fervor vs fever

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.

English

Alternative forms

• feaver, fevre (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Middle English fever, fevere, from Old English fefer, fefor (“fever”), from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eg??- (“to burn”). Replaced native Old English hriþ (“fever”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fiewer, German Fieber, Danish feber, Swedish feber.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fi?v?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fiv?/
• Rhymes: -i?v?(?)
• Hyphenation: fe?ver

Noun

fever (countable and uncountable, plural fevers)

1. A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.

   "I have a fever. I think I've the flu."

2. (usually in combination with one or more preceding words) Any of various diseases.

   scarlet fever

3. A state of excitement or anxiety.
4. (neologism) A group of stingrays.

Synonyms

• (higher than normal body temperature): high temperature, pyrexia (medical term), temperature
• (state of excitement): excitation, excitement, passion

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Related terms

• fervent
• fervid
• fervor

Translations

See also

• hyperthermia

References

• fever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

fever (third-person singular simple present fevers, present participle fevering, simple past and past participle fevered)

1. To put into a fever; to affect with fever.

   a fevered lip
2. To become fevered.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• fevre