Extinguish vs Ignite - What's the difference?
extinguish | ignite |
to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench
to destroy or abolish something
* 1668 December 19, , “Mr.'' Alexander Seaton ''contra'' Menzies” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
to obscure or eclipse something
(psychology) to bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex
(literally) to hunt down (a species) to extinction
to set fire to (something), to light (something)
to spark off (something), to enthuse
to commence burning.
(chemistry) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible or infusible substances.
In lang=en terms the difference between extinguish and ignite
is that extinguish is to obscure or eclipse something while ignite is to commence burning.As verbs the difference between extinguish and ignite
is that extinguish is to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench while ignite is to set fire to (something), to light (something).extinguish
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Verb
(es)- She extinguished all my hopes.
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- The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Di?charge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extingui?h the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and con?equently of all the re?t, they being all correi debendi , lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Di?charged as to one, and ?tand as to all the re?t.
- The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.
Synonyms
* put out, quench, douse * See alsoExternal links
* *ignite
English
Verb
(ignit)- to ignite iron or platinum