Apoplectic vs Furious - What's the difference?
apoplectic | furious |
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
(archaic) Effused with blood.
Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent.
* , chapter=22
, title= Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
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
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(-)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. }}
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
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Adjective
(en adjective)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.}}
