Combust vs React - What's the difference?
combust | react |
(obsolete) Burnt.
(astrology) In close conjunction with the sun (so that its astrological influence is "burnt up"), sometimes specified to be within 8 degrees 30'.
*, I.iii.1.3:
*:Guianerius had a patient could make Latin verses when the moon was combust , otherwise illiterate.
* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact.
To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.
To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
As verbs the difference between combust and react
is that combust is to burn; to catch fire while react is .As an adjective combust
is (obsolete) burnt.combust
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Derived terms
() * combustion * combustible * incombustibleHyponyms
* deflagrate * detonateAdjective
(en adjective)- Who can discern those planets that are oft Combust , and those stars of brightest magnitude that rise and set with the Sun, untill the opposite motion of their orbs bring them to such a place in the firmament, where they may be seen evning or morning.
react
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Verb
(en verb)- to react''' a play; the same scenes were '''reacted at Rome