Blazing vs Alight - What's the difference?
blazing | alight | Related terms |
Very fast.
(sarcastically) Very slow.
(slang, of a person) Sexually attractive.
Of tremendous intensity or fervor; white-hot.
(colloquial) Exceedingly angry.
(with from) To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.
(with on) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop.
To come or chance (upon).
To light; light up; illuminate.
To set light to; light.
Lit, on fire, switched on.
(figuratively) Lit; on fire, burning.
Blazing is a related term of alight.
As verbs the difference between blazing and alight
is that blazing is while alight is to make light or less heavy; lighten; alleviate or alight can be (with from) to spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount or alight can be to light; light up; illuminate.As adjectives the difference between blazing and alight
is that blazing is very fast while alight is lit, on fire, switched on.As a noun blazing
is the act of something that blazes or burns.blazing
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- Garden snails move at a blazing speed of about .03 miles per hour.
- The actress, with her perfectly-curved body, was simply blazing in her new movie!
- It was a performance of blazing ferocity.
- I've became so blazing that I can't control myself properly
alight
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) alighten, from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) alighten, from (etyl) .Verb
- Passengers are alighting from the carriage
- A flying bird alights on a tree
- Snow alights on a roof .
Etymology 3
From (etyl) alighten, from (etyl) .Verb
Etymology 4
From (etyl) alight, from (etyl) *. See above.Alternative forms
*Adjective
(-)- The sticks were damp and wouldn't catch alight .
- Her face was alight with happiness.
