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Ignition vs Kindling - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between ignition and kindling

is that ignition is the act of igniting while kindling is small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.

As a verb kindling is

present participle of lang=en.

ignition

English

(wikipedia ignition)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of igniting.
  • The initiation of combustion.
  • A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.

    • Derived terms

    * ignition temperature * false ignition

    kindling

    English

    (Firelighting)

    Noun

  • Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.
  • :
  • *
  • *: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.
  • :

    • 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.