Shrivel vs Scorch - What's the difference?
shrivel | scorch |
To collapse inward; to crumble.
To become wrinkled.
To draw into wrinkles.
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.
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
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
* Dryden
In lang=en terms the difference between shrivel and scorch
is that shrivel is to draw into wrinkles while scorch is to move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground).As verbs the difference between shrivel and scorch
is that shrivel is to collapse inward; to crumble while scorch is to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it.As a noun scorch is
a slight or surface burn.shrivel
English
Verb
(shrivell) (UK ) (en-verb) (US )- I saw him shrivel on the ground in fear.
- His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long.
- The hot sun shrivelled the leaves.
scorch
English
Noun
(es)Derived terms
* scorchyVerb
(es)- Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires.
- Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
- the fire that scorches me to death