Flaming vs Afire - What's the difference?
flaming | afire | Related terms |
On fire with visible flames.
(colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male.
(British, colloquial) Damned, bloody.
sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame
(internet slang) vitriolic criticism
on fire
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Flaming is a related term of afire.
As adjectives the difference between flaming and afire
is that flaming is on fire with visible flames while afire is on fire.As a verb flaming
is .As a noun flaming
is sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.flaming
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The flaming debris kept the firefighter well back, and the sparks threatened the neighborhood.
- To call him a flaming homosexual would be an understatement, but I think he acts that way just to see people react.
- I wasted three hours in that flaming traffic jam!
Verb
(head)See also
* flame war * flame baitNoun
(en noun)- You can expect a flaming if you post irrelevant spam to a newsgroup.
afire
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=… if I were a young man I should doubtless be willing to set all Barsoom afire to win you,… }}