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Afire vs Glowing - What's the difference?

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Afire is a related term of glowing.


As adjectives the difference between afire and glowing

is that afire is on fire while glowing is that glows or glow.

As a verb glowing is

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As a noun glowing is

the action of the verb glow.

afire

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • on fire
  • :* {{quote-book
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    glowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia glowing) (en noun)
  • The action of the verb glow.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That glows or glow.
    • glowing embers
  • (figuratively) Full of praise.
    • He received glowing references from his previous employers.

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