Desire vs. Passion: What's the Difference?
Desire and Passion Definitions
Desire
To wish or long for; want
A reporter who desires an interview.
A teen who desires to travel.
Passion
Strong or powerful emotion
A crime of passion.
Desire
To want to have sex with (another person).
Passion
A powerful emotion, such as anger or joy
A spirit governed by intense passions.
Desire
To express a wish for; request.
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Passion
A state of strong sexual desire or love
"His desire flared into a passion he could no longer check" (Barbara Taylor Bradford).
Desire
The feeling of wanting to have something or wishing that something will happen.
Passion
The object of such desire or love
She became his passion.
Desire
An instance of this feeling
She had a lifelong desire to visit China.
Passion
Boundless enthusiasm
His skills as a player don't quite match his passion for the game.
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Desire
Sexual appetite; passion.
Passion
The object of such enthusiasm
Soccer is her passion.
Desire
An object of such feeling or passion
A quiet evening with you is my only desire.
Passion
An abandoned display of emotion, especially of anger
He's been known to fly into a passion without warning.
Desire
(Archaic) A request or petition.
Passion
The sufferings of Jesus in the period following the Last Supper and including the Crucifixion, as related in the New Testament.
Desire
To want; to wish for earnestly.
I desire to speak with you.
Passion
A narrative, musical setting, or pictorial representation of Jesus's sufferings.
Desire
To put a request to (someone); to entreat.
Passion
Martyrdom
The passion of Saint Margaret.
Desire
To want emotionally or sexually.
She has desired him since they first met.
Passion
A true desire sustained or prolonged.
Desire
To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
Passion
Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.
We share a passion for books.
Desire
To require; to demand; to claim.
Passion
Fervor, determination.
Desire
To miss; to regret.
Passion
An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.
It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion.
Desire
(countable) Someone or something wished for.
It is my desire to speak with you.
You’re my heart’s desire.
Passion
Sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional.
We shared a night of passion.
Desire
(uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
His desire for her kept him awake at night.
Passion
The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
Desire
(uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.
Too much desire can seriously affect one’s judgment.
Passion
A display, musical composition, or play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
Desire
(uncountable) Motivation. en
Passion
(obsolete) Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.
A cardiac passion
Desire
To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
Neither shall any man desire thy land.
Ye desire your child to live.
Passion
(obsolete) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition
Desire
To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord?
Desire him to go in; trouble him no more.
Passion
(obsolete) The capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
Desire
To require; to demand; to claim.
A doleful case desires a doleful song.
Passion
(obsolete) An innate attribute, property, or quality of a thing.
[...] to obtain the knowledge of some passion of the circle.
Desire
To miss; to regret.
She shall be pleasant while she lives, and desired when she dies.
Passion
(obsolete) Disorder of the mind; madness.
Desire
The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy.
Unspeakable desire to see and know.
Passion
(obsolete) To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
Desire
An expressed wish; a request; petition.
And slowly was my mother broughtTo yield consent to my desire.
Passion
(transitive) To give a passionate character to.
Desire
Anything which is desired; an object of longing.
The Desire of all nations shall come.
Passion
A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross.
To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs.
Desire
Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.
Passion
The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; - opposed to action.
A body at rest affords us no idea of any active power to move, and, when set in motion, it is rather a passion than an action in it.
Desire
Grief; regret.
Passion
Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
Moldable and not moldable, scissible and not scissible, and many other passions of matter.
Desire
The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
Passion
The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of love, hate, jealously, wrath, ambition, avarice, fear, etc.; a passion for war, or for drink; an orator should have passion as well as rhetorical skill.
We also are men of like passions with you.
The nature of the human mind can not be sufficiently understood, without considering the affections and passions, or those modifications or actions of the mind consequent upon the apprehension of certain objects or events in which the mind generally conceives good or evil.
The term passion, and its adverb passionately, often express a very strong predilection for any pursuit, or object of taste - a kind of enthusiastic fondness for anything.
The bravery of his grief did put meInto a towering passion.
The ruling passion, be it what it will,The ruling passion conquers reason still.
Who walked in every path of human life,Felt every passion.
When statesmen are ruled by faction and interest, they can have no passion for the glory of their country.
Desire
An inclination to want things;
A man of many desires
Passion
Disorder of the mind; madness.
Desire
Something that is desired
Passion
Passion week. See Passion week, below.
Desire
Feel or have a desire for; want strongly;
I want to go home now
I want my own room
Passion
To give a passionate character to.
Desire
Expect and wish;
I trust you will behave better from now on
I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise
Passion
To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
Desire
Express a desire for
Passion
Strong feeling or emotion
Passion
Intense passion or emotion
Passion
Something that is desired intensely;
His rage for fame destroyed him
Passion
An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
Passion
A feeling of strong sexual desire
Passion
Any object of warm affection or devotion;
The theater was her first love
He has a passion for cock fighting
Passion
The suffering of Jesus at the crucifixion
