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Ignited vs Smouldering - What's the difference?

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Ignited is a related term of smouldering.


As verbs the difference between ignited and smouldering

is that ignited is (ignite) while smouldering is .

As a noun smouldering is

(sometimes|figurative) the act by which something smoulders; residual heat.

ignited

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ignite)

    • Anagrams

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    ignite

    English

    Verb

    (ignit)
  • 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.
    • to ignite iron or platinum

    Related terms

    * ignition * igneous

    Anagrams

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    smouldering

    English

    Alternative forms

    * smoldering US

    Verb

    (head)
  • * Tennyson
    • Some evil chance / Will make the smouldering scandal break and blaze.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sometimes, figurative) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.
    • the smoulderings of the Thirty Years War