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Furious vs Serene - What's the difference?

furious | serene |

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)
  • Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent.
  • * , chapter=22
  • , title= 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.}}
  • Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
  • Derived terms

    * fast and furious * furiousness

    serene

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Peaceful, calm, unruffled.
  • *
  • 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.
  • Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.
  • (lb) fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured.
  • * (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • The moon serene in glory mounts the sky.
  • * (Thomas Gray) (1716-1771)
  • Full many a gem of purest ray serene / The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1818, author=(Mary Shelley), chapter=6
  • , title= Frankenstein , passage=A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.}}
  • Verb

    (seren)
  • To make serene.
  • Heaven and earth, as if contending, vie / To raise his being, and serene his soul. — Thomson.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetic) Serenity; clearness; calmness.
  • * Southey
  • the serene of heaven
  • * Young
  • To their master is denied / To share their sweet serene .
  • Evening air; night chill.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • Some serene blast me.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) suffix.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset.
  • Synonyms
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    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary. serein n. 1. ----