Fury vs. Livid — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fury and Livid
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Definitions
Fury
Violent anger; rage.
Livid
Discolored, as from a bruise; black-and-blue.
Fury
A fit of anger
"I went into a fury and shouted in his face" (William Least Heat-Moon).
Livid
Ashen or pallid
A face livid with shock.
Fury
Violent or frenzied action
The storm's fury.
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Livid
Extremely angry; furious.
Fury
A violent disturbance or intense period of activity
"The Huns ... moved into Italy, unleashing a fury of destruction" (Arther Ferrill).
Livid
Having a dark, bluish appearance.
Fury
Fury Greek & Roman Mythology Any of the spirits who pursue and torment the doers of unavenged crimes, identified with the Greek Erinyes.
Livid
Pale, pallid.
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Fury
Extreme anger.
Livid
(informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious.
Fury
Strength or violence in action.
Livid
Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh may be from a contusion.
There followed no carbuncles, no purple or livid spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted.
Fury
An angry or malignant person.
Livid
Extremely angry; enraged; infuriated.
Fury
(obsolete) A thief.
Livid
Pallid; ashen; - of the skin.
Fury
A thief.
Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies.
Livid
Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion;
A face turned ashen
The invalid's blanched cheeks
Tried to speak with bloodless lips
A face livid with shock
Lips...livid with the hue of death
Lips white with terror
A face white with rage
Fury
Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm.
Her wit began to be with a divine fury inspired.
Livid
(of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity;
Livid lightning streaked the sky
A thousand flambeaux...turned all at once that deep gloom into a livid and preternatural day
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.
Livid
Furiously angry;
Willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid
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.
Livid
Discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin;
Beaten black and blue
Livid bruises
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
