Feverish vs Firey - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between feverish and firey

is that feverish is in the state of having a fever, to have an elevated body temperature while firey is misspelling of lang=en.

a firefighter.

(en adjective)

In the state of having a fever, to have an elevated body temperature.

The illness made him feverish , so they applied cold compresses.

Filled with excess energy.

He worked with feverish excitement.

* feverishly * feverish matter * feverishness * feverish urine

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The word .

(en noun)

(Australia, colloquial) A firefighter.

* 2006 , Don Woodland, Simon Bouda, Salvation Army, Picking Up the Pieces: A Life of Care and Compassion , page 135,

So if a firey was having difficulties, I could go into bat for him if I felt it was necessary.

* 2010 , Helen Thomas, Life with Rosie: The Highs and Lows of Raising a Racehorse , unnumbered page,

‘Just one of those things that happens on a day like this,’ one of the fireys says, staring at what was the back door of the car.

* 2010 , Karen Kissane, Worst of Days: Inside the Black Saturday Firestorm , unnumbered page,

Kinglake West firey Chris Lloyd says the camaraderie is a critical ingredient of CFA life.

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