Peppery vs Flaming - What's the difference?
peppery | flaming | Related terms |
Having the taste of pepper.
Having a fiery temperament.
*1884 ,
On fire with visible flames.
(colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male.
(British, colloquial) Damned, bloody.
sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame
(internet slang) vitriolic criticism
As adjectives the difference between peppery and flaming
is that peppery is having the taste of pepper while flaming is on fire with visible flames.As a verb flaming is
present participle of lang=en.As a noun flaming is
sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.peppery
English
Adjective
(er)- a peppery old Army major
- For I'm a peppery potentate, \ Who's little inclined his claim to bate, \ To fit the wit of a bit of a chit, \ And that's the long and the short of it!
flaming
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The flaming debris kept the firefighter well back, and the sparks threatened the neighborhood.
- To call him a flaming homosexual would be an understatement, but I think he acts that way just to see people react.
- I wasted three hours in that flaming traffic jam!
Verb
(head)See also
* flame war * flame baitNoun
(en noun)- You can expect a flaming if you post irrelevant spam to a newsgroup.