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Smouldering vs Raging - What's the difference?

smouldering | raging | Related terms |

Smouldering is a related term of raging.


As verbs the difference between smouldering and raging

is that smouldering is while raging is .

As nouns the difference between smouldering and raging

is that smouldering is (sometimes|figurative) the act by which something smoulders; residual heat while raging is a display of rage.

As an adjective raging is

volatile, very active or unpredictable.

smouldering

English

Alternative forms

* smoldering US

Verb

(head)
  • * Tennyson
    • Some evil chance / Will make the smouldering scandal break and blaze.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sometimes, figurative) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.
    • the smoulderings of the Thirty Years War

    raging

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • *
  • *:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging . No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Volatile, very active or unpredictable.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A display of rage.
  • *
    • To quell the ragings of his Father's ire, / And save a guilty world from quenchless fire!