Blazing vs Flaming - What's the difference?
blazing | flaming |
Very fast.
(sarcastically) Very slow.
(slang, of a person) Sexually attractive.
Of tremendous intensity or fervor; white-hot.
(colloquial) Exceedingly angry.
On fire with visible flames.
(colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male.
(British, colloquial) Damned, bloody.
sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame
(internet slang) vitriolic criticism
Flaming is a synonym of blazing.
In colloquial terms the difference between blazing and flaming
is that blazing is exceedingly angry while flaming is extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male.As verbs the difference between blazing and flaming
is that blazing is present participle of lang=en while flaming is present participle of lang=en.As adjectives the difference between blazing and flaming
is that blazing is very fast while flaming is on fire with visible flames.As nouns the difference between blazing and flaming
is that blazing is the act of something that blazes or burns while flaming is sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.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
flaming
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The flaming debris kept the firefighter well back, and the sparks threatened the neighborhood.
- To call him a flaming homosexual would be an understatement, but I think he acts that way just to see people react.
- I wasted three hours in that flaming traffic jam!
Verb
(head)See also
* flame war * flame baitNoun
(en noun)- You can expect a flaming if you post irrelevant spam to a newsgroup.