Fever and Stir

Fever

Fever noun - A state of wildly excited activity or emotion.

Usage example: in the fever of a political campaign a lot of things get said that never should have been said

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Stir and fever are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stir" instead a noun "Fever".

Nearby Words: feverish, feverishly, fevered, feverous, fevering

Stir noun - A state of noisy, confused activity.

Usage example: the plane's first jolt caused a stir among the passengers, and by the third one they were in a panic

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Fever and stir are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fever" instead a noun "Stir".

Nearby Words: stirring, stirred

Cabin Fever: when the simulator goes down, people go a little stir crazy; then they start making their own entertainment and are fine.

Source: Literature / Variable Star
To try and stir distrust in the group she tries to make everyone think they're going to keep the nickels for themselves as well, as gold fever sets in for everyone except Chuckie, who just wants to give up and go back to playing.

Source: Shaggy Dog Story / Western Animation
Then Fever 'felt a splinter of Godshawk stir deep down in her mind'.

Source: Literature / Mortal Engines

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