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Scalding vs Blazing - What's the difference?

scalding | blazing |

As adjectives the difference between scalding and blazing

is that scalding is (of a liquid) hot enough to burn while blazing is very fast.

As verbs the difference between scalding and blazing

is that scalding is while blazing is .

As nouns the difference between scalding and blazing

is that scalding is an instance of scalding; a burn while blazing is the act of something that blazes or burns.

scalding

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (of a liquid) Hot enough to burn.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of scalding; a burn.

    • blazing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Very fast.
  • (sarcastically) Very slow.
    • Garden snails move at a blazing speed of about .03 miles per hour.
  • (slang, of a person) Sexually attractive.
    • The actress, with her perfectly-curved body, was simply blazing in her new movie!
  • Of tremendous intensity or fervor; white-hot.
    • It was a performance of blazing ferocity.
  • (colloquial) Exceedingly angry.
    • I've became so blazing that I can't control myself properly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that blazes or burns.
    • the blazings of many fires