Ember vs Cinder - What's the difference?
ember | cinder |
Making a circuit of the year or the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year, as certain religious days set apart for fasting and prayer.
Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.
An ember.
Slag from a metal furnace.
As nouns the difference between ember and cinder
is that ember is a glowing piece of coal or wood while cinder is partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.As proper nouns the difference between ember and cinder
is that ember is {{given name|female|from=English}} while Cinder is a river in Alaska.As an adjective ember
is making a circuit of the year or the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year, as certain religious days set apart for fasting and prayer.As a verb cinder is
to reduce something to cinders.ember
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .See also
* embersEtymology 2
(etyl)Adjective
(-)- ember fasts
- ember days
- ember weeks
Anagrams
* ----cinder
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- (Jonathan Swift)