Fury vs. Furious — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fury and Furious
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Definitions
Fury
Violent anger; rage.
Furious
Full of or characterized by extreme anger; raging.
Fury
A fit of anger
"I went into a fury and shouted in his face" (William Least Heat-Moon).
Furious
Full of intensity; energetic or fierce
The furious pace of the trading floor.
Fury
Violent or frenzied action
The storm's fury.
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Furious
Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
A furious animal; parent furious at their child's behaviour
Fury
A violent disturbance or intense period of activity
"The Huns ... moved into Italy, unleashing a fury of destruction" (Arther Ferrill).
Furious
Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
A furious stream; a furious wind or storm
Fury
Fury Greek & Roman Mythology Any of the spirits who pursue and torment the doers of unavenged crimes, identified with the Greek Erinyes.
Furious
Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a furious animal.
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Fury
Extreme anger.
Furious
Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious stream; a furious wind or storm.
Fury
Strength or violence in action.
Furious
Marked by extreme and violent energy;
A ferocious beating
Fierce fighting
A furious battle
Fury
An angry or malignant person.
Furious
Marked by extreme anger;
The enraged bull attached
Furious about the accident
A furious scowl
Infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy
Could not control the maddened crowd
Fury
(obsolete) A thief.
Furious
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger;
Angry clouds on the horizon
Furious winds
The raging sea
Fury
A thief.
Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies.
Fury
Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm.
Her wit began to be with a divine fury inspired.
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.
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
