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Ferocious vs Raging - What's the difference?

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Ferocious is a related term of raging.


As adjectives the difference between ferocious and raging

is that ferocious is marked by extreme and violent energy while raging is volatile, very active or unpredictable.

As a verb raging is

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As a noun raging is

a display of rage.

ferocious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Marked by extreme and violent energy.
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  • Extreme or intense.

    • Synonyms

    * fierce

    Derived terms

    * ferociously

    Related terms

    * ferity * ferocity * fierce * feral

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    raging

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • *
  • *:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging . No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Volatile, very active or unpredictable.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A display of rage.
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    • To quell the ragings of his Father's ire, / And save a guilty world from quenchless fire!