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Adore vs Ardor - What's the difference?

adore | ardor |

As a verb adore

is to worship.

As a noun ardor is

great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

adore

English

Verb

(ador)
  • To worship.
  • *(Tobias Smollett) (1721–1771)
  • *:Bishops and priests,bearing the host, which he [James] publicly adored .
  • To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection.
  • :
  • * (1800-1859)
  • *:The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Montouth.
  • To be very fond of.
  • *
  • *:"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places."
  • (lb) To adorn.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:Like to the hore / Congealed drops, which do the morn adore .

    • Derived terms

    * adorant * adorative * adorer * adoringly

    Related terms

    * adorable * adoration

    Anagrams

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    ardor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ardour (chiefly British and Canadian)

    Noun

  • Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
  • Spirit.
  • Intense heat.

    • Synonyms

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

    Antonyms

    * apathy

    Related terms

    () * ardent * ardency