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Kindling vs Firing - What's the difference?

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Kindling is a related term of firing.


As nouns the difference between kindling and firing

is that kindling is small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire while firing is the process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery.

As verbs the difference between kindling and firing

is that kindling is while firing is .

kindling

English

(Firelighting)

Noun

  • 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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    • 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.

    firing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery.
  • The fuel for a fire.
  • * 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
    • No more dams I'll make for fish; / Nor fetch in firing / At requiring [...]
  • The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
  • The dismissal of someone from a job.

    • Verb

    (head)