Singe vs Sear - What's the difference?
singe | sear |
To burn slightly.
* L'Estrange
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.
Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument.
To wither; to dry up.
(figurative) To mark permanently, as if by burning.
A scar produced by searing
Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.
Sear is a synonym of singe.
As verbs the difference between singe and sear
is that singe is to burn slightly while sear is to char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument.As nouns the difference between singe and sear
is that singe is a burning of the surface; a slight burn while sear is a scar produced by searing.As an adjective sear is
dry; withered, especially of vegetation.singe
English
Verb
(d)- I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.
Synonyms
* scorchReferences
* ----sear
English
Alternative forms
* (l) * (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) seer, seere, from (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)Etymology 2
From (etyl) seeren, seren, from (etyl) , Greek hauos'' ("dry"), Sanskrit ''s?sa'' ("drought"). The use in firearms terminology may relate to French ''serrer ("to grip").Verb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)
- The events of that day were seared into her memory.