Ruddy vs Flaming - What's the difference?

Ruddy is a related term of flaming.

As adjectives the difference between ruddy and flaming

is that ruddy is reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky while flaming is on fire with visible flames.

As nouns the difference between ruddy and flaming

is that ruddy is (informal) ruddy duck while flaming is sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.

As verbs the difference between ruddy and flaming

is that ruddy is to make reddish in colour while flaming is .

ruddy

English

Adjective

(er)

Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.

(British, slang) A mild intensifier.

Synonyms

* (reddish in color) rosy * (intensifier) bally, bleeding, blimming, bloody, blooming * See also

Noun

(ruddies)

(informal) ruddy duck

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Verb

To make reddish in colour.

The sunset ruddied our faces.

(Sir Walter Scott)

English intensifiers

flaming

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

On fire with visible flames.

The flaming debris kept the firefighter well back, and the sparks threatened the neighborhood.

(colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male.

To call him a flaming homosexual would be an understatement, but I think he acts that way just to see people react.

(British, colloquial) Damned, bloody.

I wasted three hours in that flaming traffic jam!

Verb

(head)

Noun

(en noun)

sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame

(internet slang) vitriolic criticism

You can expect a flaming if you post irrelevant spam to a newsgroup.

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