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Fierceness vs Ferocious - What's the difference?

fierceness | ferocious |

As a noun fierceness

is the state of being fierce.

As an adjective ferocious is

marked by extreme and violent energy.

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.}}

    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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