Ignite vs Kindling - What's the difference?
ignite | kindling |
to set fire to (something), to light (something)
to spark off (something), to enthuse
to commence burning.
(chemistry) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible or infusible substances.
Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.
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*:When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.
The act by which something is kindled.
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As verbs the difference between ignite and kindling
is that ignite is to set fire to (something), to light (something) while kindling is .As a noun kindling is
small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.ignite
English
Verb
(ignit)- to ignite iron or platinum
Anagrams
* English ergative verbs ----kindling
English
(Firelighting)Noun
Usage notes
Kindling refers to the second stage of building a fire: tinder is used to light kindling, which then lights the main fire.Coordinate terms
* (l)Verb
(head)- Despite the damp wood, he had no trouble kindling a fire.