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Scorching vs Searing - What's the difference?

scorching | searing |

Searing is a antonym of scorching.



As adjectives the difference between scorching and searing

is that scorching is very hot while searing is very hot; blistering or boiling.

As verbs the difference between scorching and searing

is that scorching is present participle of lang=en while searing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between scorching and searing

is that scorching is the act or result of something being scorched while searing is action of the verb to sear

scorching

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very hot.
    • It was a scorching summer, and the ice-cream sellers plied a roaring trade.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or result of something being scorched.
  • * 1839 , The Lancet (volume 2, page 682)
    • There were several slight scratches and scorchings about the face, sides of the neck and shoulders
  • * 1997 , Larry Dean Olsen, Outdoor Survival Skills (page 76)
    • Green wood hardens after about four or five scorchings in the fire, but several scorchings are required to drive out the sap.

    searing

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • very hot; blistering or boiling
  • (of a pain) having a sensation of intense sudden heat

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to sear
  • *
    • he was raw with the searings of the fire
  • * 1970 , Ebony (volume 25, number 10, August 1970, page 156)
    • It was the time of new searings of black identity deep within the psyche of the black community.
  • cooking food quickly at high temperature

    • Verb

    (head)

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