Biting vs Ardent - What's the difference?
biting | ardent | Related terms |
Causing a stinging sensation.
Cutting or incisive.
Tending to bite.
Full of ardor; fervent, passionate.
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 43
* {{quote-book
, year=1818
, author=Mary Shelley
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, chapter=4
Burning; glowing; shining.
Biting is a related term of ardent.
As adjectives the difference between biting and ardent
is that biting is causing a stinging sensation while ardent is full of ardor; fervent, passionate.As a verb biting
is .As a noun biting
is the action of the verb to bite .biting
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- a biting wind
- a biting criticism
- a biting insect
Derived terms
* bitingly ----ardent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.
citation, passage=I see by your eagerness and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted; that cannot be; listen patiently until the end of my story, and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.}}