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Ire vs Enrage - What's the difference?

ire | enrage |

As verbs the difference between ire and enrage

is that ire is to anger; to fret; to irritate while enrage is to fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.

As a noun ire

is iron.

ire

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ire, yre, shortened form of . More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • Iron.
    • The cruel ire , red as any gleed. — Chaucer.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ire, from (etyl) , (etyl) aesma'' 'anger', (etyl) ''e?ati 'it drives on').

    Noun

    (-)
  • (literary, poetic) Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.
    • Synonyms
    * fury * rage * wrath
    Related terms
    * irascibility * irascible * irate * ireful

    Verb

    (ir)
  • To anger; to fret; to irritate.

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    enrage

    English

    Verb

    (enrag)
  • To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.

    • Synonyms

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