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Flaming vs Flaking - What's the difference?

flaming | flaking |

As adjectives the difference between flaming and flaking

is that flaming is on fire with visible flames while flaking is breaking or tending to break into flakes.

As verbs the difference between flaming and flaking

is that flaming is while flaking is .

As nouns the difference between flaming and flaking

is that flaming is sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame while flaking is a piece of flaked material.

flaming

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • On fire with visible flames.
    • The flaming debris kept the firefighter well back, and the sparks threatened the neighborhood.
  • (colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male.
    • To call him a flaming homosexual would be an understatement, but I think he acts that way just to see people react.
  • (British, colloquial) Damned, bloody.
    • I wasted three hours in that flaming traffic jam!

    Verb

    (head)

    • See also

    * flame war * flame bait

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame
  • (internet slang) vitriolic criticism
    • You can expect a flaming if you post irrelevant spam to a newsgroup.
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    flaking

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Breaking or tending to break into flakes.
    • All the flaking paint had to be scraped off before repainting; fortunately, it came off easily.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of flaked material.
  • * 1916 , Allen Jesse Reynolds, ?Wilson Straley, The Archaeological Bulletin (volumes 7-9, page 3)
    • In a cornfield on one side flakings of flint are numerous.