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Pyrexial vs Febrile - What's the difference?

pyrexial | febrile |

As adjectives the difference between pyrexial and febrile

is that pyrexial is (label) of or relating to fevers; feverish while febrile is febrile, feverous, feverish.

pyrexial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (label) of or relating to fevers; feverish

    • febrile

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Feverish, or having a high temperature.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1983 , isbn=0-553-29949-2 , date= , author=(Isaac Asimov) , title=(The Robots of Dawn) , url= , page=116 , chapter=22 , passage=Aurora's orange sun (Baley scarcely noted the orange tinge now) was mildly warm on his back, lacking the febrile heat that Earth's sun had in summer (but, then, what was the climate and season on this portion of Aurora right now?). }}
  • Full of nervous energy.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 23 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=An already febrile atmosphere within the ground before the start had been stoked still further when France's players formed an arrow formation to face down the haka, and then advanced slowly over halfway as the capacity crowd roared.}}

    Synonyms

    * (feverish): flushed, hot * (full of energy): energetic, excited

    Related terms

    * febrility * subfebrile