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Immolate vs Incinerate - What's the difference?

immolate | incinerate |

As verbs the difference between immolate and incinerate

is that immolate is to kill as a sacrifice while incinerate is to destroy by burning.

As an adjective incinerate is

(obsolete) reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.

immolate

English

Verb

(immolat)
  • To kill as a sacrifice.
  • To destroy, especially by fire.

    • Derived terms

    * self-immolate, self-immolation

    incinerate

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to destroy by burning

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Anagrams

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