different between zealous vs ardor

English

Alternative forms

• zelous

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), from ????? (z?ló?, “to emulate, to be jealous”). Doublet of jealous.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?z?l.?s/
• Rhymes: -?l?s
• Hyphenation: zeal?ous

Adjective

zealous (comparative more zealous, superlative most zealous)

1. Full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion.
   • 1791, James Boswell, The life of Samuel Johnson, new ed. (1831) by John Wilson Croker, volume 1, page 238:

     Johnson was truly zealous for the success of "The Adventurer;" and very soon after his engaging in it, he wrote the following letter:

   • 1896, Andrew Dickson White, A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (2004 edition), page 122:

     Doubtless many will exclaim against the Roman Catholic Church for this; but the simple truth is that Protestantism was no less zealous against the new scientific doctrine.

   • 1940, Foster Rhea Dulles, America Learns to Play: A history of popular recreation, 1607-1940, page 61:

     […] and there were few more zealous dancers at the fashionable balls in the Raleigh Tavern at Williamsburg.

   • 2011 April 4, "Newt Gingrich," Time (retrieved 9 Sept 2013):

     Newt Gingrich . . . left Congress in 1998, following GOP midterm-election losses that many blamed on his zealous pursuit of Bill Clinton's impeachment.

Synonyms

• (full of zeal): ardent, eager, enthusiastic, fervent, passionate, zealotic

Antonyms

• (full of zeal): apathetic, dispassionate, indifferent, unenthusiastic

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• ardour (chiefly British and Canadian)

Etymology

From Middle English ardour, ardowr, ardure, from Anglo-Norman ardour, from Latin ardor, from ardere (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???d?/, /???(?)d?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????d??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d?(?)

Noun

ardor (countable and uncountable, plural ardors) (American spelling)

1. Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
2. Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.
3. Intense heat.

Synonyms

• (warmth of feeling): intensity
• (spirit): elan, fire in the belly, passion, zeal

Antonyms

• apathy

Related terms

Translations

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin ardor.

Noun

ardor m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ??????)

1. ardor, passion

Latin

Etymology

From ?rde? +? -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ar.dor/, [?ärd??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ar.dor/, [??rd??r]

Noun

ardor m (genitive ard?ris); third declension

1. flame, fire, heat
2. brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes)
3. ardour, love

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• ardor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ardor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ardor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin ?rdor, ?rd?rem.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??.?ðo?/
• Hyphenation: ar?dor
• Rhymes: -o?

Noun

ardor m (plural ardores)

1. burning sensation

   Synonym: queimação

2. ardour (warmth of feeling)
3. spirit; enthusiasm

   Synonym: entusiasmo

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:ardor.

Related terms

• ardência
• ardentemente
• arder
• ardido

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin ardor, ard?rem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o?

Noun

ardor m (plural ardores)

1. heat
2. ardour, fervor, passion
3. burning (feeling)

4. eagerness

Derived terms

• ardoroso

Related terms

• arder
• ardiente

Further reading

• “ardor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.