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Fierceness vs Eagerness - What's the difference?

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Fierceness is a related term of eagerness.


As nouns the difference between fierceness and eagerness

is that fierceness is the state of being fierce while eagerness is the state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.

fierceness

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The state of being fierce.
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=5 , I stroked it gently, on which the mutinous rogue seemed to swell, and gather a new degree of fierceness and insolence; so that finding it grew not to be trifled with any longer, I prepar'd for rubbers in good earnest.}}

    eagerness

    English

    Alternative forms

    * eagreness (obsolete)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
  • * 1909:
    • The things he had to tell about...were enough to make you almost tremble with excitement, when you heard all the intimate details from an animal charmer and realized with what thrilling eagerness and anxiety the whole busy underworld was working.
  • (obsolete) Tartness; sourness
    • (Webster 1913)