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Flushed vs Flaming - What's the difference?

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Flushed is a related term of flaming.


As adjectives the difference between flushed and flaming

is that flushed is red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc while flaming is on fire with visible flames.

As verbs the difference between flushed and flaming

is that flushed is (flush) while flaming is .

As a noun flaming is

sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.

flushed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
    • Archer lay spread out, with one arm striking across the pillow. He was flushed ; and when the heavy curtain blew out a little he turned and half-opened his eyes.

    Synonyms

    * blushing * red * red-faced

    Verb

    (head)
  • (flush)

    • 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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