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Flaming vs Sizzling - What's the difference?

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Flaming is a related term of sizzling.


As adjectives the difference between flaming and sizzling

is that flaming is on fire with visible flames while sizzling is hot enough to make a hissing sound.

As verbs the difference between flaming and sizzling

is that flaming is while sizzling is .

As nouns the difference between flaming and sizzling

is that flaming is sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame while sizzling is such a hissing sound.

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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    sizzling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Hot enough to make a hissing sound.
  • (of food in a Chinese restaurant etc) Brought to the table in the metal dish it has been cooked in, making such a sound.
  • Exciting and intensely emotional.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Such a hissing sound.