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Raging vs Irate - What's the difference?

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Raging is a related term of irate.


As adjectives the difference between raging and irate

is that raging is volatile, very active or unpredictable while irate is extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

As a verb raging

is .

As a noun raging

is a display of rage.

raging

English

Verb

(head)
  • *
  • *:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging . No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Volatile, very active or unpredictable.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A display of rage.
  • *
    • To quell the ragings of his Father's ire, / And save a guilty world from quenchless fire!

    irate

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

    • Synonyms

    * furious * infuriated * sore * See also

    Related terms

    * irascible * irately * irateness * ire

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