Moth vs Flame - What's the difference?
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A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
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, title= (figurative) Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
The plant .
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(dated) A liver spot, especially an irregular or feathery one.
* 1895 , Good Housekeeping , page 196, ISSN: 0731-3462
* 1999 , R. L. Gupta, Directory of Diseases & Cures: In Homoeopathy , page 254, ISBN 8170215161.
* 2005 , J. D. Patil, Textbook of Applied Materia Medica , page 108, ISBN 8180565904.
English heteronyms
The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
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*:Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. 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 and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth.
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, title= A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.
*(Thackeray)
(lb) Intentionally insulting criticism or remark meant to incite anger.
A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour.
The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl.
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Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:in a flame of zeal severe
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow
*(Coleridge)
To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
* Shakespeare
To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.
* Macaulay
(Internet, ambitransitive) To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).
Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.
As verbs the difference between moth and flame
is that moth is to hunt for moths while flame is .As a noun moth
is a usually nocturnal insect of the order lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae or moth can be the plant or moth can be .moth
English
Etymology 1
Germanic: from (etyl) '', German ''Motte .Noun
(en noun)William E. Conner
An Acoustic Arms Race, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
Synonyms
* lepDerived terms
* almond moth * almond tree leaf skeletoniser moth, almond tree leaf skeletonizer moth * antler moth * apple-moth * Atlas moth * autumnal moth * bagworm moth * black witch moth * Bogong moth * bagworm moth * bee moth * black-arched moth * brimstone moth * brown-tailed moth, brown-tail moth, browntail moth * burnet companion moth * burnet moth * cabbage moth * carpet moth * case moth * cecropia moth * cinnabar moth * clothes moth * clothing moth * codlin moth, codling moth * comet moth * cotton leafworm moth * cup moth * death's head moth * diamond-back moth, diamondback moth * dot moth * Douglas-fir tussock moth * emperor moth * ermine moth * garden tiger moth * geometer moth * ghost moth * goat moth * gooseberry-moth * grass moth * giant leopard moth * gipsy moth, gypsy moth * hag moth * hawk moth, hawk-moth, hawkmoth * honeycomb moth * imperial moth * Indian meal moth * io moth * kitten-moth * lackey moth * lappet moth * leaf roller moth * leek moth * leopard moth * light brown apple moth * lobster moth * luna moth * magpie moth * many-plumed moth * Mediterranean flour moth * mint moth * moth ball, moth-ball, mothball * moth blight * moth-borer * moth-eaten * mothed * mothen * Mother Shipton moth * moth flower * moth fly * moth freckle * moth-fretted * moth-fretten * moth gnat * moth-hunter * mothless * moth-like, mothlike * moth miller * moth mullein * moth orchid * moth patch * moth-proof, mothproof * moth sphinx * moth spot * moth-time * mothweed * moth wing * mothwort * mothy * mouse moth * night moth * November moth * nun moth * ochre-winged hag moth * oriental leafworm moth * owlet moth * owl moth * painted apple moth * pale November moth * Pandora sphinx moth * pasture day moth * pear leaf blister moth * peppered moth * plume moth * polyphemus moth * processionary moth * pug-moth * puss moth * rabbit moth * rusty tussock moth * satin moth * scarlet tiger moth * shipton moth * short-cloaked moth * silkworm moth * slug moth * snout moth * southern flannel moth * sphinx moth * summer fruit tortrix moth * swallow-tailed moth * tapestry moth * tiger moth * turnip moth * tussock moth * unicorn moth * veneer moth * vine moth, vine-moth * wax moth * western tussock moth * wheat moth * white-marked tussock moth * white witch moth * winter moth * witch moth * yellow-shouldered slug moth * Y moth * yucca mothDerived terms
* mothingSee also
* butterfly * caterpillarEtymology 2
From (etyl) (wikipedia moth)Noun
Synonyms
* , matkiExternal links
* (projectlink) * (Vigna aconitifolia) * (Vigna aconitifolia) *Etymology 3
Noun
(en noun)- So that, dear lords, if I be left behind, / A moth of peace, and he go to the war, / The rites for which I love him are bereft me, / And I a heavy interim shall support / By his dear absence. Let me go with him.
- To remove moth patches, wash the spots with a solution of common bicarbonate of soda and water several times a day, until the patches are removed, which will usually be in forty-eight hours.
- Craves for sour things, chalks and eggs, fatty people with light brown spots on the face or liver spots, moth patches on forehead and cheek.
- There are signs of liver affections as weakness, yellow complexion, liver spots, and moth spot like a saddle over the nose.
Anagrams
* ThomReferences
flame
English
(wikipedia flame)Noun
(en noun)Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame .}}
Derived terms
* aflame * flame-arc lamp * flame bait * flame carbon * flame cell * flame gun * flame nettle * flame of the forest * flame-out, flameout * flameproof * flame-retardant * flame spread * flame test * flame-thrower * flame tree * flame war * go up in flames * inflame * old flame * Taiwan flamecrestVerb
(flam)- The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again.
- He flamed with indignation.
- I flamed him for spamming in my favourite newsgroup.
