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Fury vs Rancor - What's the difference?

fury | rancor |

As a proper noun fury

is (lb) female personification of vengeance ().

As a noun rancor is

the deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.

fury

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) furie, from (etyl)

Noun

(furies)
  • Extreme anger.
  • Strength or violence in action.
  • *
  • *:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,!”
  • An angry or malignant person.
    • Derived terms
    * furious

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) .

    Noun

    (furies)
  • (obsolete) A thief.
  • * J. Fletcher
    • Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies .

    rancor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * rancour (Commonwealth)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.
    • I could almost see the rancor in his eyes when he challenged me to a fight.

    Derived terms

    * rancorous * rancorously

    Related terms

    * rancid

    References

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