Charring vs Charming - What's the difference?
charring | charming |
The incomplete combustion of organic material.
* 2003 , Antiquity (page 345)
pleasant, charismatic
* {{quote-news
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delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm
The casting of a magical charm.
* (Thomas Middleton)
As verbs the difference between charring and charming
is that charring is while charming is .As nouns the difference between charring and charming
is that charring is the incomplete combustion of organic material while charming is the casting of a magical charm.As an adjective charming is
pleasant, charismatic.charring
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(wikipedia charring)- To address this question a series of experimental charrings were carried out on modern specimens in a laboratory kiln in an attempt to replicate the archaeological material.
charming
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.}}
Antonyms
* (pleasant) dullSynonyms
* (pleasant) charismatic, smart, witty * (delightful) sillyVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- They denied me often flour, barm and milk, / Goose-grease and tar, when I ne'er hurt their charmings , / Their brewlocks, nor their batches, nor forespoke / Any of their breedings.
