Fervent vs Affectionate - What's the difference?
fervent | affectionate | Related terms |
Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief.
* 1819 , , Mathilda , ch. 3:
Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion.
* 1876 , , "Mr. Captain and the Nymph," in Little Novels ,
Glowing, burning, very hot.
* 1611 , :
(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
(rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
(obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
*, Folio Society, 2006, p.21:
* 1721 , John Rushworth, Historical Collections Of Private Passages of State, etc.: 1618—1629 , Volume 1,
* 1838 February 1, (Charles Dickens), To Catherine Dickens'', 2012, Jenny Hartley (editor), ''The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens ,
Fervent is a related term of affectionate.
As adjectives the difference between fervent and affectionate
is that fervent is exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief while affectionate is (of a person) having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.As a verb affectionate is
(rare) to show affection to; to have affection for.fervent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- As I returned my fervent hopes were dashed by so many fears.
- Never again would those fresh lips touch his lips with their fervent kiss!
- But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Derived terms
* ferventlyExternal links
* * * ----affectionate
English
Etymology 1
Partly from (etyl) affectionatus, partly from affection + .Adjective
(en adjective)- She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.
- the affectionate''' care of a parent; an '''affectionate''' countenance; an '''affectionate''' message; ' affectionate language
- Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance.
Synonyms
* tender; lovesome; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent. * See alsoDerived terms
* affectionatelyEtymology 2
Either from the adjective, or from affection + (modelled on Middle French affectionner).Verb
(affectionat)- Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that.
page 222,
- And fir?t, his Maje?ty would have you to under?tand, That there was never any King more loving to his People, or better affectionated to the right u?e of Parliaments, than his Maje?ty hath approved him?elf to be,.
page 41,
- Ever my dear Kate your affectionated husband
- CHARLES DICKENS