different between warmth vs vehemence

English

Etymology

From Middle English warmth, warmeth, wermþe, from Old English *wiermþu (“warmth”), from Proto-West Germanic *warmiþu (“warmness; warmth”), corresponding to warm +? -th. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Waarmte (“warmth”), West Frisian waarmte (“warmth”), Dutch warmte (“warmth”), German Low German Warmte, Warmt (“warmth”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /w??m?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /w??m?/

Noun

warmth (countable and uncountable, plural warmths)

1. A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.
2. Friendliness, kindness or affection.
3. Fervor, intensity of emotion or expression.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XXXIII:

     "You don't know him—don't pronounce an opinion upon him," I said with warmth.

4. (art) The effect of using mostly red and yellow hues.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French vehemence, from Latin vehementia (“eagerness, strength”), from vehemens (“eager”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi??m?n(t)s/, /?vi?h?m?n(t)s/

Noun

vehemence (usually uncountable, plural vehemences)

1. An intense concentration, force or power.

   The bear attacked with vengeance and vehemence.

2. A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury.

   His response was bursting with hatred and vehemence.

   • 2016 February 6, "Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace," The National (retrieved 8 February 2016):

     This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.

3. Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling.
   • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, volume 3, chapter 1:

     I could not wonder at the vehemence of her care, her very soul was tenderness […]

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obstinacy

Related terms

• vehemency
• vehement

Translations

Further reading

• vehemence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vehemence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• vehemence at OneLook Dictionary Search