Fiery vs Ablaze - What's the difference?
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Of or relating to fire.
Burning or glowing.
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, chapter=1, title= Inflammable or easily ignited.
Having the colour of fire.
Hot or inflamed.
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, chapter=5, title= Tempestuous or emotionally volatile.
Spirited or filled with emotion.
Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 23
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City
, work=BBC Sport
, url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15325536.stm
, page=
, passage=Mario Balotelli, in the headlines for accidentally setting his house ablaze with fireworks, put City on their way with goals either side of the interval as United struggled to contain the array of attacking talent in front of them.}}
Radiant with bright light and color.
* All ablaze with crimson and gold. -
In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
* The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos. -
On fire; in a blaze, gleaming.
Lit up brightly and with color.
In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
As adjectives the difference between fiery and ablaze
is that fiery is of or relating to fire while ablaze is burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.As an adverb ablaze is
on fire; in a blaze, gleaming.fiery
English
Adjective
(en-adj)Internal Combustion, passage=Blast after blast, fiery' outbreak after ' fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,
The Lonely Pyramid, passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.