Flaming vs Pyretic - What's the difference?
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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
Flaming is a related term of pyretic.
As adjectives the difference between flaming and pyretic
is that flaming is on fire with visible flames while pyretic is caused by, pertaining to or resulting in fever.As a verb flaming
is .As a noun flaming
is sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.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.