Fond vs. Love: What's the Difference?
Fond and Love Definitions
Fond
Having a strong liking, inclination, or affection
Fond of ballet.
Fond of my nieces and nephews.
Love
A strong feeling of affection and concern toward another person, as that arising from kinship or close friendship.
Fond
Affectionate; tender
A fond embrace.
Love
A strong feeling of affection and concern for another person accompanied by sexual attraction.
Fond
Immoderately affectionate or indulgent; doting
Fond grandparents who tended to spoil the child.
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Love
A feeling of devotion or adoration toward God or a god.
Fond
Cherished; dear
My fondest hopes.
Love
A feeling of kindness or concern by God or a god toward humans.
Fond
(Archaic) Naively credulous or foolish.
Love
Often Love(Christianity) Charity.
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Fond
The background of a design in lace.
Love
Sexual desire or activity
The pleasures of love.
A night of love.
Fond
Having a liking or affection (for).
I am fond of this song!
Love
An instance of being in love
Teenage loves can be as fleeting as they are intense.
Fond
Affectionate.
A fond farewell
A fond mother or wife
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Love
A person for whom one has strong feelings of affection
She met her new love at the restaurant.
Fond
Indulgent.
I have fond grandparents who spoil me.
Love
Used as a term of endearment for such a person.
Fond
Outlandish; foolish; silly.
Your fond dreams of flying to Jupiter have been quashed by the facts of reality.
Love
An intense emotional attachment to something, as to a pet or treasured object.
Fond
(obsolete) Foolish; simple; weak.
Love
An expression of one's affection
Send him my love.
Fond
(obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.
Love
A strong predilection or enthusiasm
A love of language.
Love for the game of golf.
Fond
(obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.
Love
The object of such an enthusiasm
The outdoors is her greatest love.
Fond
(obsolete) To caress; to fondle.
Love
Love(Mythology) Eros or Cupid.
Fond
The background design in lace-making.
Love
(Sports) A score of zero, as in tennis.
Fond
(cooking) Brown residue in pans from cooking meats and vegetables.
He used the fond to make a classic French pan sauce.
Love
To feel love for (a person)
We love our parents. I love my friends.
Fond
(information science) A group of records having shared provenance.
Love
To feel sexual love for (a person).
Fond
(obsolete) Foundation; bottom; groundwork.
Love
To feel devotion to (God or a god).
Fond
(obsolete) Fund, stock, or store.
Love
To feel or show kindness or concern to (a person). Used of God or a god.
Fond
Foolish; silly; simple; weak.
Grant I may never prove so fondTo trust man on his oath or bond.
Love
To have an intense emotional attachment to
Loves his house.
Fond
Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent; over-affectionate.
Love
To embrace or caress
They were loving each other on the sofa.
Fond
Affectionate; loving; tender; - in a good sense; as, a fond mother or wife.
Love
To have sexual intercourse with.
Fond
Loving; much pleased; affectionately regardful, indulgent, or desirous; longing or yearning; - followed by of (formerly also by on).
More fond on her than she upon her love.
You are as fond of grief as of your child.
A great traveler, and fond of telling his adventures.
Love
To like or desire enthusiastically
Loves swimming.
Fond
Doted on; regarded with affection.
Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer.
Love
To thrive on; need
The cactus loves hot, dry air.
Fond
Trifling; valued by folly; trivial.
Love
To feel love or sexual love for another.
Fond
To caress; to fondle.
The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast.
Love
(uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.
Fond
To be fond; to dote.
Love
(uncountable) Strong affection.
Fond
Foundation; bottom; groundwork;
Love
A profound and caring affection towards someone.
A mother’s love is not easily shaken.
My husband’s love is the most important thing in my life.
Fond
Fund, stock, or store.
Love
Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being.
Fond
Having or displaying warmth or affection;
Affectionate children
Caring parents
A fond embrace
Fond of his nephew
A tender glance
A warm embrace
Love
A feeling of intense attraction towards someone.
I have never been in love as much as I have with you.
Fond
Extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent;
Adoring grandparents
Deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain
Hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother
Love
A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something.
My love of cricket knows no bounds.
Fond
Absurd or silly because unlikely;
Fond hopes of becoming President
Fond fancies
Love
(countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.
Fond
(followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for;
Fond of chocolate
Partial to horror movies
Love
A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.
Hello love, how can I help you?
Love
A thing, activity, etc. which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm.
Love
(euphemistic) Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction.
Love
(euphemistic) Sexual activity.
Love
An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair.
Love
Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young.
Love
(obsolete) A thin silk material.
Love
A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba.
Love
Zero, no score.
So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova.
Love
Nothing; no recompense.
Love
To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
I love my spouse.
I love you!
I love that song!
Love
(transitive) To need, thrive on.
Mold loves moist, dark places.
Love
(transitive) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
I love walking barefoot on wet grass;
I'd love to join the team;
I love what you've done with your hair
Love
To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
Love
(transitive) To derive delight from a fact or situation.
I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte.
Love
To have sex with (perhaps from make love).
I wish I could love her all night long.
Love
A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preëminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters.
Of all the dearest bonds we proveThou countest sons' and mothers' loveMost sacred, most Thine own.
Love
Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex.
He on his sideLeaning half-raised, with looks of cordial loveHung over her enamored.
Love
Courtship; - chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena,And won her soul.
Love
Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; - opposed to hate; often with of and an object.
Love, and health to all.
Smit with the love of sacred song.
The love of science faintly warmed his breast.
Love
Due gratitude and reverence to God.
Keep yourselves in the love of God.
Love
The object of affection; - often employed in endearing address; as, he held his love in his arms; his greatest love was reading.
Open the temple gates unto my love.
Love
Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
Such was his form as painters, when they showTheir utmost art, on naked Lores bestow.
Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love.
Love
A thin silk stuff.
Love
A climbing species of Clematis (Clematis Vitalba).
Love
Nothing; no points scored on one side; - used in counting score at tennis, etc.
He won the match by three sets to love.
Love
Sexual intercourse; - a euphemism.
A little western flower,Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound;And maidens call it love-in-idleness.
Love
To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, to love one's children and friends; to love one's country; to love one's God.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self.
Love
To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other.
Love
To take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like; as, to love books; to love adventures.
Wit, eloquence, and poetry.Arts which I loved.
Love
To have the feeling of love; to be in love.
Love
A strong positive emotion of regard and affection;
His love for his work
Children need a lot of love
Love
Any object of warm affection or devotion;
The theater was her first love
He has a passion for cock fighting
Love
A beloved person; used as terms of endearment
Love
A deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction;
Their love left them indifferent to their surroundings
She was his first love
Love
A score of zero in tennis or squash;
It was 40 love
Love
Sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people;
His lovemaking disgusted her
He hadn't had any love in months
He has a very complicated love life
Love
Have a great affection or liking for;
I love French food
She loves her boss and works hard for him
Love
Get pleasure from;
I love cooking
Love
Be enamored or in love with;
She loves her husband deeply
Love
Have sexual intercourse with;
This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
Adam knew Eve
Were you ever intimate with this man?
