Fervent vs. Passionate: What's the Difference?
Fervent and Passionate Definitions
Fervent
Having or showing great emotion or zeal; ardent
Fervent protests.
A fervent admirer.
Passionate
Capable of, having, or dominated by powerful emotions
A family of passionate personalities.
Fervent
Extremely hot; glowing.
Passionate
Wrathful by temperament; choleric.
Fervent
Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, and/or belief.
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Passionate
Marked by strong sexual desire; amorous or lustful.
Fervent
Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, and/or passion.
Passionate
Showing or expressing strong emotion; ardent
A passionate speech against injustice.
Fervent
Glowing, burning, very hot.
Passionate
Arising from or marked by passion
A teacher who is passionate about her subject.
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Fervent
Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer.
The elements shall melt with fervent heat.
Passionate
Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both.
Mandy is a passionate lover.
Fervent
Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing.
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit.
So spake the fervent angel.
A fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind.
Laboring fervently for you in prayers.
Passionate
Fired with intense feeling.
Fervent
Characterized by intense emotion;
Ardent love
An ardent lover
A burning enthusiasm
A fervent desire to change society
A fervent admirer
Fiery oratory
An impassioned appeal
A torrid love affair
Passionate
(obsolete) Suffering; sorrowful.
Fervent
Sincerely or intensely felt;
A cordial regard for his visitor's comfort
A cordial abhorrence of waste
A fervent hope
Passionate
A passionate individual.
Fervent
Extremely hot;
The fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems
Set out...when the fervid heat subsides
Passionate
(obsolete) To fill with passion, or with another given emotion.
Passionate
(obsolete) To express with great emotion.
Passionate
Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick-tempered; as, a passionate nature.
Homer's Achilles is haughty and passionate.
Passionate
Characterized by passion; expressing passion; ardent in feeling or desire; vehement; warm; as, a passionate friendship.
Passionate
Suffering; sorrowful.
Passionate
To affect with passion; to impassion.
Great pleasure, mixed with pitiful regard,The godly king and queen did passionate.
Passionate
To express feelingly or sorrowfully.
Passionate
Having or expressing strong emotions