Furious vs Serene - What's the difference?
furious | serene |
Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent.
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, title= Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
Peaceful, calm, unruffled.
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Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.
(lb) fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured.
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
* (Thomas Gray) (1716-1771)
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To make serene.
(poetic) Serenity; clearness; calmness.
* Southey
* Young
Evening air; night chill.
* Ben Jonson
As adjectives the difference between furious and serene
is that furious is transported with passion or fury; raging; violent while serene is peaceful, calm, unruffled.As a verb serene is
to make serene.As a noun serene is
serenity; clearness; calmness.As a proper noun Serene is
{{given name|female|from=English}}. A rare variant of Serena.furious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}
Derived terms
* fast and furious * furiousnessserene
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)- Serene , smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
- The moon serene in glory mounts the sky.
- Full many a gem of purest ray serene / The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear.
Frankenstein, passage=A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.}}
Verb
(seren)- Heaven and earth, as if contending, vie / To raise his being, and serene his soul. — Thomson.
Noun
(en noun)- the serene of heaven
- To their master is denied / To share their sweet serene .
- Some serene blast me.