What's the difference between frenetic and phrenetic?

Frenetic


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  • (1) Tottenham not interested in topping Arsenal, says Mauricio Pochettino Read more The second half was less frenetic, with the space much tighter and the chances fewer.
  • (2) Both sides sought a decisive goal in a frenetic finish but ultimately the league leaders and the side fighting relegation shared the points and Mourinho wound up making dark allusions to the influence of officials .
  • (3) Along the way, he fathered a child at 20 and immediately turned his back on her (they are now reunited), had a brief and unhappy marriage to the broadcaster Carol McGiffin and a series of frenetically unsatisfying relationships.
  • (4) Rather than experiencing a slowdown in its frenetic building sector, however, Kabul is increasingly overrun with precarious apartment blocks.
  • (5) The notes division, which she has headed for exactly two years, is less frenetic.
  • (6) Their opponents, the USA, are playing the third of a rather less frenetically scheduled mini-sequence of five games in team camp (just as they did around this time last year) — though after goal-packed friendlies against Belgium and Germany , this is going to be their first of three World Cup qualifiers, and the only one on the road.
  • (7) David Fincher was originally slated to direct the project , but Boyle manages to put his own distinct imprint on it: the film has Boyle’s characteristic frenetic energy, and boasts colourful visuals.
  • (8) He had captured the often frenetic atmosphere of Marrakech via "six cameras mounted on a magic wand that were shooting simultaneously as I sped along the crowded streets on the back of a motorbike".
  • (9) Right up until Sunday's first-round vote, the frenetic Sarkozy, known as the "president of bling" was apologising for what he called his lack of solemnity at the start of his presidency.
  • (10) From Ferguson's team selection – the opposite of the changed selection he proposed on Friday – to the home side's frenetic start, the determination to land a decisive victory was evident.
  • (11) The folding pathway is defined by piecewise B-spline curves and the atoms are initially positioned with respect to the local Frenet trihedra determined by the equations of the curves.
  • (12) A frenetic pace and high intensity from the visitors had Leeds on the back foot and Walsh opted for goal when the home side were penalised for offside which, in the context of the game, seemed a wise decision.
  • (13) Louis van Gaal hails Wayne Rooney’s ‘beautiful’ winner against Swansea Read more Rooney has now moved ahead of Denis Law to become the second-highest scorer in United’s history, 11 short of Sir Bobby Charlton’s 249, but his afternoon might still have been spoiled during a late, frenetic spell of pressure from Swansea culminating in Lukasz Fabianski, the visiting keeper, coming forward for a stoppage-time corner, leaping in the manner of a modern-day John Charles and flashing a header just wide of David de Gea’s goal.
  • (14) After all, his short time as prime minister had been characterised not only by frenetic political activity and legislative change but scandal in the form of the Khemlani Affair and the more literal affair of Jim Cairns and Junie Morosi .
  • (15) They redefined the frenetic quest for more carbon as immoral behaviour, perpetuated by, as author and activist Bill McKibben put it, “a rogue industry”.
  • (16) Either mellow or frenetic masking music was played for half the students in each group.
  • (17) As if to show that this stage is not merely a 100km+ warm-up to a frenetic sprint, a minor kerfuffle in the peloton results in two riders hitting the road.
  • (18) Fighting fans can look forward to the new Killer Instinct , with shooters also strongly represented by Battlefield 4 playing brilliantly in the 64-person multiplayer mode it supports, while Titanfall , an Xbox exclusive, offered a frenetic but also innovative take on the genre, with players switching between roles as foot soldiers and mech pilots.
  • (19) As both Claire and I have found, there are alternative relaxation methods that can keep you grounded: reading, carving out more time to spend with friends, and simply knowing when to take a break from the frenetic pace of life.
  • (20) Brown's trip to the palace will trigger four weeks of frenetic campaigning and comes as a shock Guardian ICM poll suggests Labour is clawing back support from the Tories.

Phrenetic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Phrenetical
  • (n.) One who is phrenetic.

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