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Incinerate vs Combust - What's the difference?

incinerate | combust |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between incinerate and combust

is that incinerate is (obsolete) reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed while combust is (obsolete) burnt.

As verbs the difference between incinerate and combust

is that incinerate is to destroy by burning while combust is to burn; to catch fire.

As adjectives the difference between incinerate and combust

is that incinerate is (obsolete) reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed while combust is (obsolete) burnt.

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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    combust

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To burn; to catch fire.

    • Derived terms

    () * combustion * combustible * incombustible

    Hyponyms

    * deflagrate * detonate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Burnt.
  • (astrology) In close conjunction with the sun (so that its astrological influence is "burnt up"), sometimes specified to be within 8 degrees 30'.
  • *, I.iii.1.3:
  • *:Guianerius had a patient could make Latin verses when the moon was combust , otherwise illiterate.
  • * 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
    • Who can discern those planets that are oft Combust , and those stars of brightest magnitude that rise and set with the Sun, untill the opposite motion of their orbs bring them to such a place in the firmament, where they may be seen evning or morning.