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Cinder vs Ashes - What's the difference?

cinder | ashes |

As nouns the difference between cinder and ashes

is that cinder is partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc while ashes is plural of lang=en.

As proper nouns the difference between cinder and ashes

is that cinder is a river in Alaska while Ashes is plural of Ash|lang=en.

As a verb cinder

is to reduce something to cinders.

cinder

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.
  • An ember.
    • (Jonathan Swift)
  • Slag from a metal furnace.

    • Derived terms

    * cinder block * cinder cone * cinder frame * cinder notch

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to reduce something to cinders

    • See also

    * Cinderella * scoria

    Anagrams

    * *

    ashes

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * rise from the ashes

    See also

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