Frenzy vs Pandemonium - What's the difference?
frenzy | pandemonium |
A state of wild activity or panic.
A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.
* Addison
* William Shakespeare, ''A midsummer Night's Dream, Act 5, scene 1:
(obsolete) Mad; frantic.
* 1678 John Bunyan The Pilgrim's Progress :
(uncommon) To render frantic.
(archaic) A place where all demons live; Hell.
* 1674 — , Book I
Chaos; tumultuous or lawless violence.
* 2004 , Boston Globe , October 22
An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.
As nouns the difference between frenzy and pandemonium
is that frenzy is a state of wild activity or panic while pandemonium is the imaginary capital of hell (often with a capital letter).As an adjective frenzy
is (obsolete) mad; frantic.As a verb frenzy
is (uncommon) to render frantic.frenzy
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Alternative forms
* phrenzy, phrensy (obsolete)Noun
(frenzies)- She went into a cleaning frenzy to prepare for the unexpected guests.
- All else is towering frenzy and distraction.
- The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling.
Derived terms
* feeding frenzyAdjective
(en adjective)- They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head.
Verb
External links
* * *pandemonium
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Alternative forms
* pandaemonium *Noun
(en-noun)- And Trumpets sound throughout the Host proclaim
A solemn Councel forthwith to be held
At Pandæmonium , the high Capitol
Of Satan and his Peers.
- Whenever you have violent pandemonium , there's the overwhelming possibility for panic and tragedy.