Zeal vs. Power — What's the Difference?

Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective

The ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way

Enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal.

The capacity or ability to direct or influence the behaviour of others or the course of events

The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.

Physical strength and force exerted by something or someone

(obsolete) A person who exhibits such fervour or tireless devotion.

Energy that is produced by mechanical, electrical, or other means and used to operate a device

The collective noun for a group of zebras.

The rate of doing work, measured in watts or less frequently horse power.

Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor.

The product obtained when a number is multiplied by itself a certain number of times

A zealot.

A large number or amount of something

To be zealous.

Supply (a device) with mechanical or electrical energy

A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause);

Move or travel with great speed or force

Excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end;

The ability or capacity to act or do something effectively

Often powers A specific capacity, faculty, or aptitude

Physical strength or force exerted or capable of being exerted

Effectiveness at moving one's emotions or changing how one thinks

The ability or official capacity to exercise control; authority

The military strength or economic or political influence of a nation or other group

A country, nation, or other political unit having great influence or control over others

A supernatural being

Powers(Christianity) The sixth of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.

The energy or motive force by which a physical system or machine is operated

The capacity of a system or machine to operate

Electrical or mechanical energy, especially as used to assist or replace human energy.

Electricity supplied to a home, building, or community

(Physics) The rate at which work is done, expressed as the amount of work per unit time and commonly measured in units such as the watt and horsepower.

The product of applied potential difference and current in a direct-current circuit.

The product of the effective values of the voltage and current with the cosine of the phase angle between current and voltage in an alternating-current circuit.

See exponent.

The number of elements in a finite set.

(Statistics) In a statistical test, the probability of correctly rejecting the null hypothesis when it is false.

A measure of the magnification of an optical instrument, such as a microscope or telescope.

Chiefly Upper Southern US A large number or amount. See Note at powerful.

(Archaic) An armed force.

Of or relating to political, social, or economic control

Operated with mechanical or electrical energy in place of bodily exertion

Of or relating to the generation or transmission of electricity

(Informal) Of or relating to influential business or professional practices

To supply with power, especially mechanical or electrical power.

The ability to do or undergo something.

(social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.

(countable) The ability to affect or influence.

Control or coercion, particularly legal or political (jurisdiction).

The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.

(metonymically) An influential nation, company, or other such body.

An army, a military force.

Effectiveness.

Physical force or strength.

Electricity or a supply of electricity.

A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy.

The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.

A large amount or number.

Any of the elementary forms or parts of machines: three primary (the lever, inclined plane, and pulley) and three secondary (the wheel-and-axle, wedge, and screw).

A measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time. If linear, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the displacement of or in an object) ÷ time. If rotational, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the angle of displacement) ÷ time.

(mathematics)

A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): $x^n$, read as "$x$ to the power of $n$" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product $x\; \backslash times\; x\; \backslash times\; \backslash cdots\; \backslash times\; x$, where $x$ appears $n$ times in the product; $x$ is called the base and $n$ the exponent.

(set theory) Cardinality.

(statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.

In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.

(transitive) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).

(transitive) To hit or kick something forcefully.

To enable or provide the impetus for.

Impressive.

Same as Poor, the fish.

Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.

Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm.

Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; - called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.

The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.

The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity.

A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.

A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o good things.

The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power.

A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.

The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number.

A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.

Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc.

The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it multiplies the apparent surface.

An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment.

Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.

Possession of controlling influence;

(physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)

Possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done;

A state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power;

One possessing or exercising power or influence or authority;

Physical strength

A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

A very wealthy or powerful businessman;

Supply the force or power for the functioning of;