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Anger vs Fun - What's the difference?

anger | fun |

As a noun anger

is remorse, regret.

As a verb fun is

give.

As a preposition fun is

for, on behalf of.

anger

English

(wikipedia anger)

Noun

  • A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
    • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger , leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}
  • (obsolete) Pain or stinging.
  • * {{quote-book, 1660, , 3= Mensa mystica, page=322, year_published=1717
    • , passage=It heals the Wounds that Sin hath made; and takes away the Anger of the Sore;
  • * Temple
    • I made the experiment, setting the moxa where the greatest anger and soreness still continued.

    Synonyms

    * (strong feeling of antagonism) * See also

    Derived terms

    () * angerful * angerless * angry * anger management * in anger

    Related terms

    () * anguish * anxiety * anxious

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause such a feeling of antagonism.
    • Don't anger me.
  • To become angry.
    • You anger too easily.

    Synonyms

    * (to cause anger) enrage, infuriate; annoy, vex, grill, displease; aggravate, irritate * (to become angry) get angry (see angry for more)

    References

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    fun

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (informal) enjoyable, amusing
    • We had a fun time at the party.
    He is such a fun person to be with.
  • (informal) whimsical, flamboyant
    • This year's fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons.

    Usage notes

    * Note that the use of fun as an adjective is often considered unacceptable in formal contexts. For more on the slang comparative and superlative, the use of which is disputed, see this discussion

    Derived terms

    * funny

    Noun

    (-)
  • amusement, enjoyment or pleasure
  • * 2000 , Robert Stanley, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adobe Photoshop 6 , Alpha Books, page 377
    • Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but serious fun is when you create the impossible and it looks real.
  • playful, often noisy, activity.

    • Synonyms

    * amusement, diversion, enjoyment, a laugh, pleasure * boisterousness, horseplay, rough and tumble

    Derived terms

    * for the fun of it * fun and games * fun bags * funfair * funfest * fun-loving * fun-maker * funny * fun run, fun runner, fun running * funster * good fun * great fun * have fun * have fun with * in fun * like fun * make fun of * poke fun at

    Verb

  • (colloquial) To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.
    • Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.

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