What's the difference between ardency and ardor?

Ardency


Definition:

  • (n.) Heat.
  • (n.) Warmth of passion or affection; ardor; vehemence; eagerness; as, the ardency of love or zeal.

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Ardor


Definition:

  • (n.) Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.
  • (n.) Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.
  • (n.) Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The symptoms pain, ardor, itching and paresthesia were evaluated asking to patients.
  • (2) It is suggested that this syndrome be referred to as "athymhormia syndrome" (from the Greek roots thumos: mood and horme: ardor, spirit, élan), a term coined by Dide and Guiraud to define the behavior of some schizophrenics, ascribed by these authors to a disruption of the so-called "hormothymic system" that they proposed to locate to subcortical brain structures.
  • (3) Results showed a rapid relief from pain (p less than 0.05), ardor (p less than 0.01) and paresthesia (p less than 0.001) and also accelerated healing of vesicles in patients treated with interferon.
  • (4) The ardor of Paul’s hardcore supporters remained.
  • (5) Local tolerance was very good, but burning was reported by 1 patient, burning and itching by 1, and ardor and irritation by one.

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