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Hectic vs Furious - What's the difference?

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Hectic is a related term of furious.


As adjectives the difference between hectic and furious

is that hectic is pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin while furious is transported with passion or fury; raging; violent.

As a noun hectic

is (obsolete) a hectic fever.

hectic

English

Alternative forms

* hectick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin.
    • hectic''' fever; a '''hectic patient
  • Very busy with activity and confusion; feverish.
    • The city center is so hectic at 8 in the morning that I go to work an hour beforehand to avoid the crowds

    Synonyms

    * feverish

    Derived terms

    * hectically

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A hectic fever.
  • (obsolete) A flush like one produced by such a fever.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.147:
    • For still he lay, and on his thin worn cheek / A purple hectic played like dying day / On the snow-tops of distant hills [...].

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    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