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Searing vs Browning - What's the difference?

searing | browning |

As an adjective searing

is very hot; blistering or boiling.

As a noun searing

is action of the verb to sear .

As a verb searing

is .

As a proper noun browning is

.

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)

    • Anagrams

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    browning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, etc.
  • (masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.