What is the difference between these two words?

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What is the difference between these two words?

What is the difference between the words ardor and ardent?
I looked it up on dictionary.com but the definitions are practically the same.

2007-04-10 14:50:51 · 3 answers · asked by Megan 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay

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Ardor is a noun, ardent is an adjective. Ardor is the feeling itself, ardent is the description

2007-04-10 14:55:30 · answer #1 · answered by jel959801 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

What he said.

John was filled with ardor at the sight of Mary.

John was ardent in his pursuit of Mary.

2007-04-10 21:56:32 · answer #2 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The two words are similar in meaning (relating to intense, passionate feeling), but they're different parts of speech.

Ardor is a noun.
Ardent is an adjective.

2007-04-10 21:55:15 · answer #3 · answered by here's my name 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋