Apoplectic vs Wrath - What's the difference?
apoplectic | wrath |
Of, or relating to apoplexy.
Marked by extreme anger or fury.
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(archaic) Effused with blood.
Great anger.
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(trading card games, slang) A single card that is able to destroy many creatures.
As adjectives the difference between apoplectic and wrath
is that apoplectic is of, or relating to apoplexy while wrath is (rare) wrathful; very angry.As a noun wrath is
great anger.As a verb wrath is
(obsolete) to anger; to enrage.apoplectic
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Adjective
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Quotations
* 1960 — , To Kill a Mockingbird , ch 11 *: Once she heard Jem refer to our father as 'Atticus' and her reaction was apoplectic . * 2005 — (author?), The New Yorker , (page?) (12 Dec) *: "Speak of the devil—he marches through the door, and becomes apoplectic when he learns of the upheaval."wrath
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Noun
(en-noun)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
- A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.