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Ferocious vs Leonine - What's the difference?

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Ferocious is a related term of leonine.


As adjectives the difference between ferocious and leonine

is that ferocious is marked by extreme and violent energy while leonine is .

ferocious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Marked by extreme and violent energy.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.}}
  • Extreme or intense.

    • Synonyms

    * fierce

    Derived terms

    * ferociously

    Related terms

    * ferity * ferocity * fierce * feral

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    leonine

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the lion.
    • His leonine face scared the young children.
  • * 1887 , , What I Remember, Volume 2 , chapter XIV ( ebook):
    • He [Landor] was a man of somewhat leonine aspect as regards the general appearance and expression of the head and face, which accorded well with the large and massive build of the figure, and to which a superbly curling white beard added not only picturesqueness, but a certain nobility.