Frenzy vs Wrath - What's the difference?
frenzy | wrath |
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.
Great anger.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= (rare) Punishment.
* Bible, (w) xiii. 4
(trading card games, slang) A single card that is able to destroy many creatures.
In obsolete terms the difference between frenzy and wrath
is that frenzy is mad; frantic while wrath is to anger; to enrage.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
* * *wrath
English
Noun
(en-noun)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
- A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.