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Afire vs Sizzling - What's the difference?

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Afire is a related term of sizzling.


As adjectives the difference between afire and sizzling

is that afire is on fire while sizzling is hot enough to make a hissing sound.

As a verb sizzling is

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As a noun sizzling is

such a hissing sound.

afire

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • on fire
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    sizzling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Hot enough to make a hissing sound.
  • (of food in a Chinese restaurant etc) Brought to the table in the metal dish it has been cooked in, making such a sound.
  • Exciting and intensely emotional.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Such a hissing sound.