Streak vs Flame - What's the difference?
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An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
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, title= A continuous series of like events.
The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.
A moth of the family Geometridae .
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A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
(shipbuilding) A strake.
A rung or round of a ladder.
To have or obtain streaks.
(slang) To run naked in public.
To create streaks.
To move very swiftly.
(obsolete, UK, Scotland) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
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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.
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, title= A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.
*(Thackeray)
(lb) Intentionally insulting criticism or remark meant to incite anger.
A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour.
The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl.
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Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:in a flame of zeal severe
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow
*(Coleridge)
To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
* Shakespeare
To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.
* Macaulay
(Internet, ambitransitive) To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).
Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.
Streak is a related term of flame.
As verbs the difference between streak and flame
is that streak is to have or obtain streaks while flame is .As a noun streak
is an irregular line left from smearing or motion.streak
English
(wikipedia streak)Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
Derived terms
* streak of good luckVerb
(en verb)- If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak.
- It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field.
- You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.
See also
* losing streak * streaker * winning streak * talk a blue streakAnagrams
* * * * * *flame
English
(wikipedia flame)Noun
(en noun)Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame .}}
Derived terms
* aflame * flame-arc lamp * flame bait * flame carbon * flame cell * flame gun * flame nettle * flame of the forest * flame-out, flameout * flameproof * flame-retardant * flame spread * flame test * flame-thrower * flame tree * flame war * go up in flames * inflame * old flame * Taiwan flamecrestVerb
(flam)- The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again.
- He flamed with indignation.
- I flamed him for spamming in my favourite newsgroup.