Furry vs. Fury: What's the Difference?
Furry and Fury Definitions
Furry
Consisting of or similar to fur.
Fury
Violent anger; rage.
Furry
Covered with, wearing, or trimmed with fur.
Fury
A fit of anger
"I went into a fury and shouted in his face" (William Least Heat-Moon).
Furry
Covered with a furlike substance.
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Fury
Violent or frenzied action
The storm's fury.
Furry
Having a furlike quality, as in tone; fuzzy
A furry voice.
Fury
A violent disturbance or intense period of activity
"The Huns ... moved into Italy, unleashing a fury of destruction" (Arther Ferrill).
Furry
Covered with fur, or with something resembling fur.
His treatment of our furry friends was nothing short of appalling.
Fury
Fury Greek & Roman Mythology Any of the spirits who pursue and torment the doers of unavenged crimes, identified with the Greek Erinyes.
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Furry
(informal) Of or related to the furry subculture.
Fury
Extreme anger.
Furry
An animal character with human-like characteristics; most commonly refers to such characters created by members of the furry subculture.
What percentage of furries are wolves?
Fury
Strength or violence in action.
Furry
A member of the furry fandom.
The furry had designed an elaborate costume.
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Fury
An angry or malignant person.
Furry
Someone who roleplays or identifies with a furry character. (Compare therianthrope.)
Fury
(obsolete) A thief.
Furry
Covered with fur; dressed in fur.
Fury
A thief.
Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies.
Furry
Consisting of fur; as, furry spoils.
Fury
Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm.
Her wit began to be with a divine fury inspired.
Furry
Resembling fur.
Fury
Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; - sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence.
I do oppose my patience to his fury.
Furry
Covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs;
Furred animals
A furry teddy bear
Fury
Pl. (Greek Myth.) The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megæra; the Erinyes or Eumenides.
The Furies, they said, are attendants on justice, and if the sun in heaven should transgress his path would punish him.
Fury
One of the Parcæ, or Fates, esp. Atropos.
Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears,And slits the thin-spun life.
Fury
A stormy, turbulent violent woman; a hag; a vixen; a virago; a termagant.
Fury
A feeling of intense anger;
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
His face turned red with rage
Fury
State of violent mental agitation
Fury
The property of being wild or turbulent;
The storm's violence
Fury
(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
