different between passion vs nature

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

Alternative forms

• natuer (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English nature, natur, from Old French nature, from Latin n?t?ra (“birth, origin, natural constitution or quality”), future participle from perfect passive participle (g)natus (“born”), from deponent verb (g)nasci (“to be born, originate”) + future participle suffix -urus. Displaced native Middle English cunde, icunde (“nature, property, type, genus, character”) (from Old English ?ecynd), Middle English lund (“nature, disposition”) (from Old Norse lund), Middle English burthe (“nature, birth, nation”) (from Old English ?ebyrd and Old Norse *byrðr). More at kind.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ne?t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ne?t??/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /?n??t??/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?næ??t??/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?næet??/, [?næet??~?n?et??]
• Rhymes: -e?t??(?)
• Hyphenation: na?ture

Noun

nature (countable and uncountable, plural natures)

1. (uncountable) The natural world; that which consists of all things unaffected by or predating human technology, production, and design. (Compare ecosystem.)
   • 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying

     Nature has good intentions, of course, but, as Aristotle once said, she cannot carry them out. When I look at a landscape I cannot help seeing all its defects.

2. The innate characteristics of a thing. What something will tend by its own constitution, to be or do. Distinct from what might be expected or intended.
   • 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond, Ch.1:

     Being by nature of a cheerful disposition, the symptom did not surprise his servant, late private of the same famous regiment, who was laying breakfast in an adjoining room.

   • 1869, Horatio Alger, Jr., Mark the Match Boy, chapter 16:

     Mark hardly knew whether to believe this or not. He already began to suspect that Roswell was something of a humbug, and though it was not in his nature to form a causeless dislike, he certainly did not feel disposed to like Roswell.

3. The summary of everything that has to do with biological, chemical and physical states and events in the physical universe.
4. Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience.
5. Kind, sort; character; quality.

   • A dispute of this nature caused mischief.

   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.

6. (obsolete) Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.
7. (obsolete) Natural affection or reverence.

Synonyms

• (innate characteristics of a thing): quintessence, whatness; See also Thesaurus:essence

Derived terms

Pages starting with “nature”.

Related terms

Translations

Verb

nature (third-person singular simple present natures, present participle naturing, simple past and past participle natured)

1. (obsolete) To endow with natural qualities.

References

• nature at OneLook Dictionary Search
• nature in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "nature" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 219.
• nature in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• nature in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• aunter, natuer, tea urn, tea-urn, unrate

Esperanto

Adverb

nature

1. naturally

French

Etymology

From Old French nature, borrowed from Latin n?t?ra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.ty?/

Noun

nature f (plural natures)

1. nature
2. (grammar) lexical category

Derived terms

Adjective

nature (plural natures)

1. plain, unseasoned

   Une brioche nature ou sucrée ?

   File-moi un yaourt nature s’il te plait.

2. bareback, raw dog

   Une fellation nature.

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

nature f

1. plural of natura

Adjective

nature (invariable)

1. natural

Anagrams

• neutra

Latin

Participle

n?t?re

1. vocative masculine singular of n?t?rus

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French nature, from Latin n?t?ra.

Noun

nature f

1. nature, force of nature
2. laws of nature, natural order
3. nature, innate characteristics
4. kind, sort
5. origin
6. sexual fertility, sex drive

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: natuur
• Limburgish: netuur, netuuer

Further reading

• “nature”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “nature”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• natur, natour, nateure, nater

Etymology

From Old French nature, from Latin n?t?ra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na??tiu?r/

Noun

nature (plural natures)

1. The Universe, existence, creation
2. nature, the natural world
3. natural abilities
4. natural inevitability, nature (as opposed to nurture)
5. natural morals, natural law
6. natural needs or requirements
7. nature, state, condition
8. species, kind, type
9. Nature (allegory)

Related terms

• natural

Descendants

• English: nature
• Scots: natur, naitur, naeter, nature
• Yola: naatur

References

• “n?t?r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French nature, borrowed from Latin n?t?ra.

Noun

nature f (plural natures)

1. nature

Descendants

• French: nature

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?t?ra.

Noun

nature f (oblique plural natures, nominative singular nature, nominative plural natures)

1. nature (natural world; nonhuman world)
2. nature (character; qualities)

Descendants

• ? Middle English: nature
  • English: nature
• Middle French: nature
  • French: nature
• ? Welsh: natur