fervid and fervent: interchangeable?
Kalmia
Arcadian Rises
> Or is there a some slight difference in meaning? Thanks.
There is one difference, not in meaning, but in intensity. "Fervid"
means "burning" while "fervent" is just "glowing".
Jared
That's interesting.
I don't recall ever looking them up, but my first reaction is that
when "fervent" goes over the line into a sort of feverish sickness,
that's "fervid".
Describing someone religious as "fervid" would seem to me to hold more
of a negative connotation than "fervent".
Don Phillipson
news:cb4f3cea-c70a-4180...@l17g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
> Or is there a some slight difference in meaning? Thanks.
Fervid is extremely rare, i.e. hardly ever used: fervent
is not rare and is commonly used. This difference by
itself suggests they are not interchangeable.
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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
Marius Hancu
> Or is there a some slight difference in meaning? Thanks.
From one of the best sources on synonym differentiation:
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synonyms PASSIONATE, ARDENT, FERVENT, FERVID, PERFERVID:
FERVENT may connote a depth and intensity of glowing feeling, often
sustained and steady <a strong and popular preacher, fervent,
sometimes fiery, inclined to speak everywhere as though addressing a
congregation -- J.A.Faulkner> <a fervent loyalty such as soldiers feel
for a general who leads them in some cause dear to all -- Rebecca
West>
FERVID may apply to a warmly or even feverishly expressed emotion,
often spontaneous and always intense <because his fervid manner of
lovemaking offended her English phlegm -- Arnold Bennett> <the most
fervid and momentous oratory of Revolutionary days -- American Guide
Series: Massachusetts>
PERFERVID may suggest extreme emotional excitement, sometimes
overwrought or factitious <in his perfervid flag-waving moments --
S.H.Adams>
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
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Marius Hancu
Steve Hayes
<marius...@gmail.com> wrote:
>FERVID may apply to a warmly or even feverishly expressed emotion,
>often spontaneous and always intense <because his fervid manner of
>lovemaking offended her English phlegm -- Arnold Bennett> <the most
>fervid and momentous oratory of Revolutionary days -- American Guide
>Series: Massachusetts>
Sounds hectic.
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Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
JimboCat
Before reading beyond the OP, I wrote down my answer, and it agrees
pretty well with the authorities here:
"fervid" is sweaty: "fervent" is more genteel.
Jim Deutch (JimboCat)
--
"For six days he had offered many kilowatts of prayer,
but the static kept him from being heard On High."
-- Roger Zelazny, _Lord of Light_
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No one has mentioned the third f word in this series: febrile
For me, the series goes something like this: fervent, fervid, febrile,
as they increase in passion, and also as they become more undesirable.
The Nazis characterized some of their victims as febrile, with
connotations of being oversexed, hyperactive and generally weird. Now,
I might be oversexed, hyperactive and a bit weird, but by no means am
I ….what was that other thing you said?...
Arcadian Rises
> On Oct 30, 7:41 am, JimboCat <103134.3...@compuserve.com> wrote:
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> > > > On Oct 28, 8:16 pm, Kalmia <tweeny90...@mypacks.net> wrote:
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> > > > > Or is there a some slight difference in meaning? Thanks.
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> > > > There is one difference, not in meaning, but in intensity. "Fervid"
> > > > means "burning" while "fervent" is just "glowing".
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> > > That's interesting.
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> > > I don't recall ever looking them up, but my first reaction is that
> > > when "fervent" goes over the line into a sort of feverish sickness,
> > > that's "fervid".
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> > > Describing someone religious as "fervid" would seem to me to hold more
> > > of a negative connotation than "fervent".
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> > Before reading beyond the OP, I wrote down my answer, and it agrees
> > pretty well with the authorities here:
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> > "fervid" is sweaty: "fervent" is more genteel.
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> > Jim Deutch (JimboCat)
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> > "For six days he had offered many kilowatts of prayer,
> > but the static kept him from being heard On High."
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> No one has mentioned the third f word in this series: febrile
And the fourth: "fiery"
> For me, the series goes something like this: fervent, fervid, febrile,
> as they increase in passion, and also as they become more undesirable.
> The Nazis characterized some of their victims as febrile, with
> connotations of being oversexed, hyperactive and generally weird. Now,
> I might be oversexed, hyperactive and a bit weird, but by no means am
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And then comes " fuggen flamin' '"