Flaming vs Provoking - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between flaming and provoking

is that flaming is while provoking is .

is on fire with visible flames.

is sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.

(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!

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(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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