Singe vs Ginge - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between singe and ginge

is that singe is monkey while ginge is a red-haired person.

(pejorative) shortened form of ginger, red-haired.

(d)

To burn slightly.

* L'Estrange

I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.

To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.

To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

* scorch

(en noun)

A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

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(en adjective)

(pejorative) shortened form of ginger, red-haired

(en noun)

A red-haired person.

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