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Apoplectic vs Furious - What's the difference?

apoplectic | furious |

Furious is a synonym of apoplectic.



As adjectives the difference between apoplectic and furious

is that apoplectic is of, or relating to apoplexy while furious is transported with passion or fury; raging; violent.

apoplectic

English

Adjective

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  • Of, or relating to apoplexy.
  • Marked by extreme anger or fury.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
  • , date=13 March , author=Chris Bevan , title=Stoke 2 - 1 West Ham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The decision left Potters boss Tony Pulis apoplectic on the touchline, a feeling his West Ham counterpart Avram Grant was to share immediately after the break. }}
  • (archaic) Effused with blood.
  • Quotations

    * 1960 — , To Kill a Mockingbird , ch 11 *: Once she heard Jem refer to our father as 'Atticus' and her reaction was apoplectic . * 2005 — (author?), The New Yorker , (page?) (12 Dec) *: "Speak of the devil—he marches through the door, and becomes apoplectic when he learns of the upheaval."

    furious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent.
  • * , chapter=22
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}
  • Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
  • Derived terms

    * fast and furious * furiousness