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Searing vs Grievous - What's the difference?

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Searing is a related term of grievous.


As adjectives the difference between searing and grievous

is that searing is very hot; blistering or boiling while grievous is causing grief, pain or sorrow.

As a noun searing

is action of the verb to sear .

As a verb searing

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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    grievous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * greuous (obsolete) * grievious (less common outside dialects)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing grief, pain or sorrow.
  • * 1883 ,
    • As for the captain, his wounds were grievous indeed but not dangerous.
  • Serious, grave, dire or dangerous.

    • Synonyms

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