Scorch vs Ignite - What's the difference?
scorch | ignite |
A slight or surface burn.
A discolouration caused by heat.
Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.
To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
* Prior
To become scorched or singed
To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground)
To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
* Bible, Revelations xvi. 8
* Dryden
to set fire to (something), to light (something)
to spark off (something), to enthuse
to commence burning.
(chemistry) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible or infusible substances.
In transitive terms the difference between scorch and ignite
is that scorch is to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy while ignite is to spark off (something), to enthuse.In intransitive terms the difference between scorch and ignite
is that scorch is to move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground while ignite is to commence burning.As a noun scorch
is a slight or surface burn.scorch
English
Noun
(es)Derived terms
* scorchyVerb
(es)- Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires.
- Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
- the fire that scorches me to death
References
ignite
English
Verb
(ignit)- to ignite iron or platinum