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Scorchy vs Scorch - What's the difference?

scorchy | scorch | Derived terms |

Scorchy is a derived term of scorch.


As a adjective scorchy

is torrid; passionate; scorching.

As a noun scorch is

a slight or surface burn.

As a verb scorch is

to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it.

scorchy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Torrid; passionate; scorching.
  • *

    • scorch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • 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.

    • Derived terms

    * scorchy

    Verb

    (es)
  • 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
    • Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires.
  • 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
    • Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
  • * Dryden
    • the fire that scorches me to death

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