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Smouldering vs Smudgy - What's the difference?

smouldering | smudgy |

As a verb smouldering

is .

As a noun smouldering

is (sometimes|figurative) the act by which something smoulders; residual heat.

As an adjective smudgy is

blurred, sort of smudged.

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

    smudgy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Blurred, sort of smudged.
  • Like a thick smoke (such as is emitted by a smudge pot).