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Seething vs Smouldering - What's the difference?

seething | smouldering |

As nouns the difference between seething and smouldering

is that seething is the action of the verb to seethe while smouldering is (sometimes|figurative) the act by which something smoulders; residual heat.

As verbs the difference between seething and smouldering

is that seething is while smouldering is .

As an adjective seething

is angry, livid.

seething

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Angry, livid.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to seethe .

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    *

    smouldering

    English

    Alternative forms

    * smoldering US

    Verb

    (head)
  • * Tennyson
    • Some evil chance / Will make the smouldering scandal break and blaze.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sometimes, figurative) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.
    • the smoulderings of the Thirty Years War