different between passion vs fad

English

Etymology

From Middle English passioun, passion, from Old French passion (and in part from Old English passion), from Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb patior (“I suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to hurt”), see also Old English f?ond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic ???????????????????? (faian, “to blame”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?sh'?n, IPA^(key): /?pæ??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): [?p?æ??n]
• Rhymes: -æ??n

Noun

passion (countable and uncountable, plural passions)

1. Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.
2. Fervor, determination.
3. An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.

4. Sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional.

5. (Christianity, usually capitalized) The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
6. A display, musical composition, or play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
7. (obsolete) Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.
8. (obsolete) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition

   Antonym: action
9. (obsolete) The capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
10. (obsolete) An innate attribute, property, or quality of a thing.

11. (obsolete) Disorder of the mind; madness.

Synonyms

• (fervor, determination): ardor, fire in the belly, zeal

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

passion (third-person singular simple present passions, present participle passioning, simple past and past participle passioned)

1. (obsolete) To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
   • she passioned
     To see herself escap'd from so sore ills

2. (transitive) To give a passionate character to.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “passion”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Pasions, Spinosa, saposin

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?s?ion/, [?p?s??io?n]
• Rhymes: -?s?ion
• Syllabification: pas?si?on

Noun

passion

1. Genitive singular form of passio.

French

Etymology

From Middle French passion, from Old French passion, borrowed from Latin passi?, ultimately from patior. Cognate with patience.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.sj??/

Noun

passion f (plural passions)

1. (countable and uncountable) passion

Derived terms

• fruit de la passion

Related terms

• compassion
• pâtir

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

passion

1. Alternative form of passioun

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French passion.

Noun

passion f (plural passions)

1. passion

Descendants

• French: passion

Old English

Alternative forms

• passio

Etymology

From Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb pati (“suffer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?s.si?un/

Noun

passion f (nominative plural passione)

1. passion of Christ

Descendants

• >? Middle English: passioun

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) , “passion”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “passion”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin passio, passionem.

Noun

passion f (oblique plural passions, nominative singular passion, nominative plural passions)

1. passion (suffering)
   1. (specifically, Christianity) the ordeal endured by Jesus in order to absolve humanity of sin

Descendants

• Middle French: passion
  • French: passion
• ? Middle English: passioun, pascioun, passion, passione, passioune, passiun, passyon, passyoun, passyun
  • English: passion, Passion
  • Scots: passion, patient

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (passion)
• passiun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

English

Etymology

Of English dialectal origin. Further origin obscure. Possibly from Old English ?efæd (“order, decorum”) (compare Old English ?efæd (“orderly, tidy”), fadian, ?efadian (“to set in order, arrange”); or from French fadaise ("a trifling thought"; see fadaise).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæd/
• Rhymes: -æd

Noun

fad (plural fads)

1. A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.
   • 2004, Andre R. Young, "Encore", Encore:

     You're a fad, that means you're something that we've already had, but once you're gone, you don't come back.

   • 2010, Eric J. Cesal, Down Detour Road: An Architect in Search of Practice (page 134)

     The pet rock fad was started by an advertising executive named Gary Dahl. The premise was simple: take ordinary rocks, glue eyes on them, and market them as pets.

Derived terms

• faddish
• faddy

Translations

Anagrams

• ADF, D.F.A., DAF, DFA, FDA, daf

Danish

Etymology 1

From French fade, from Late Latin *fatidus, a blend of Latin fatuus (“foolish”) and vapidus (“vapid”).

Adjective

fad (neuter fad or fadt, plural and definite singular attributive fade)

1. insipid, bland, slightly nauseating
2. (figuratively) flat, insipid, vapid

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fat (“vat, vessel, luggage, clothing”).

Noun

fad n (singular definite fadet, plural indefinite fade)

1. basin, bowl, dish
2. barrel, cask, vat

Inflection

German

Alternative forms

• fade (predominant in the northern half of Germany)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa?t/
• Homophones: Fahrt, Pfad (non-standard)
• Rhymes: -a?t

Adjective

fad (comparative fader, superlative am fadesten or am fadsten)

1. (predominant in southern Germany and Austria) vapid, flavourless

Declension

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fot.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /f??d??/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /f?ad??/

Noun

fad m (genitive singular faid, nominative plural faid)

1. length

Declension

Derived terms

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Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “fot, fat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “fad” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "fad" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From French fade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa?t/
  • Rhymes: -a?t

Adjective

fad (masculine faden, neuter fad, comparative méi fad, superlative am faadsten)

1. bland, insipid, tasteless
2. dull, boring, bland

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fad/
• Rhymes: -ad

Adjective

fad m or n (feminine singular fad?, masculine plural fazi, feminine and neuter plural fade)

1. tasteless, flavorless, insipid

Declension

Synonyms

• searb?d, insipid, f?r? gust

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

fad m (genitive singular faid or faide)

1. length
2. distance
3. duration

Derived terms

Related terms

• fada

Determiner

fad

1. all, whole

Mutation

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fad/

Noun

fad (nominative plural fads)

1. thread

Declension

Derived terms

• fadäd
• lefad