Spark vs Blaze - What's the difference?
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A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.
A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
(figuratively) A small amount of something, such as an idea, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.
* Shakespeare
* John Locke
* 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:
(in plural'' sparks ''but treated as a singular ) A ship's radio operator.
(UK, slang) An electrician.
To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).
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To give off a spark or sparks.
A gallant, a foppish young man.
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A beau, lover.
A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
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*:Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze . When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals,.
Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon!
The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
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A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:his blaze of wrath
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:For what is glory but the blaze of fame?
A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
*Robert Carlton (B. R. Hall, 1798-1863)
*:Three blazes' in a perpendicular line on the same tree indicating a legislative road, the single ' blaze a settlement or neighbourhood road.
To be on fire, especially producing a lot of flames and light.
To shine like a flame.
* (William Wordsworth)
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To mark or cut (a route, especially through vegetation), or figuratively, to set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge.
(slang) To smoke marijuana.
* Most commonly used in the infinitive, simple present, or simple past:
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In transitive terms the difference between spark and blaze
is that spark is to trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc) while blaze is to mark or cut (a route, especially through vegetation), or figuratively, to set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge.In intransitive terms the difference between spark and blaze
is that spark is to give off a spark or sparks while blaze is to shine like a flame.spark
English
(wikipedia spark)Etymology 1
From Middle English sparke, sperke, from Old English spearca, from (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)- if any spark of life be yet remaining
- We have here and there a little clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge .
- Everton's Marouane Fellaini looks one certain arrival but Moyes, who also saw United held to a draw by Chelsea at Old Trafford on Monday, needs even more of a spark in a midfield that looked laboured by this team's standards.
Synonyms
* gnast * beginnings, germ, glimmerDerived terms
* sparkle * bright spark * spark arrester * spark coil * spark gap * spark knock * spark of life * spark plug * spark transmitter * sparks flyVerb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=The introduction of substitute Andy Carroll sparked Liverpool into life and he pulled a goal back just after the hour - and thought he had equalised as Kenny Dalglish's side laid siege to Chelsea's goal in the closing stages.}}
Derived terms
* spark off * sparkleEtymology 2
probably Scandinavian, akin to (etyl) sparkr 'sprightly'Noun
(en noun)- The finest sparks and cleanest beaux.
Derived terms
* sparkish * sparkerReferences
*Anagrams
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) blase, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) blasen, from (etyl) . See above.Verb
(blaz)- And far and wide the icy summit blazed .
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned,