Passion vs Fun - What's the difference?
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Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or hate.
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Fervor, determination.
An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.
sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional
The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
A play, musical composition or display meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
(obsolete) Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.
* Wyclif Bible (Rom. viii. 18)
(obsolete) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; opposed to action .
* John Locke
(obsolete) Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
* Francis Bacon
(obsolete) An innate quality, property, or attribute of a thing.
(obsolete) Disorder of the mind; madness.
(obsolete) To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
* Shakespeare
To give a passionate character to.
(informal) enjoyable, amusing
(informal) whimsical, flamboyant
amusement, enjoyment or pleasure
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playful, often noisy, activity.
(colloquial) To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.
As a noun passion
is (fervor) passion.As a verb fun is
give.As a preposition fun is
for, on behalf of.passion
English
Noun
- We share a passion for books.
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- It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion .
- We shared a night of passion .
- a cardiac passion
- the passions of this time
- A body at rest affords us no idea of any active power to move, and, when set is motion, it is rather a passion than an action in it.
- mouldable and not mouldable, scissible and not scissible, and many other passions of matter
- to obtain the knowledge of some passion of the circle. (rfex)
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* ardor, fire in the belly, zealDerived terms
* passionflower * passion fruit, passionfruit * Passion Sunday * pash * passion popVerb
(en verb)- Dumbly she passions , frantically she doteth.
- (Keats)
References
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English
Adjective
(en-adj)- We had a fun time at the party.
- He is such a fun person to be with.
- This year's fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons.
Usage notes
* Note that the use of fun as an adjective is often considered unacceptable in formal contexts. For more on the slang comparative and superlative, the use of which is disputed, seethis discussion
Derived terms
* funnyNoun
(-)- Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but serious fun is when you create the impossible and it looks real.
Synonyms
* amusement, diversion, enjoyment, a laugh, pleasure * boisterousness, horseplay, rough and tumbleDerived terms
* for the fun of it * fun and games * fun bags * funfair * funfest * fun-loving * fun-maker * funny * fun run, fun runner, fun running * funster * good fun * great fun * have fun * have fun with * in fun * like fun * make fun of * poke fun atVerb
- Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.