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Smolder vs Fester - What's the difference?

smolder | fester |

As verbs the difference between smolder and fester

is that smolder is (us) to burn with no flame and little smoke while fester is to become septic; to become rotten.

smolder

English

Alternative forms

* smoulder (chiefly British)

Verb

(en verb)
  • (US) To burn with no flame and little smoke.
  • The remains of the bonfire were left to smolder for hours.
  • (figuratively) To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
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    fester

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become septic; to become rotten.
  • * Milton
  • Wounds immedicable / Rankle, and fester , and gangrene.
  • To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
  • Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester .
  • * Macaulay
  • Hatred festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.
  • To cause to fester or rankle.
  • * Marston
  • For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, / And fester'd rankling malice in my breast.

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