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Tinder vs Amadou - What's the difference?

tinder | amadou |

As nouns the difference between tinder and amadou

is that tinder is small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc, used to help light a fire while amadou is a spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.

As a verb tinder

is to set fire to; torch.

tinder

English

Noun

(wikipedia tinder) (-)
  • small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.

    • Usage notes

    Tinder refers to the first stage of building a fire: sparks light tinder, which then lights kindling, which then lights the main fire.

    Derived terms

    * tinder box, tinderbox

    Related terms

    * teend

    Coordinate terms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To set fire to; torch.
  • * Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
    • Is heaven a murderer when its lightning strikes a would-be murderer in his bed, tindering sheets and skin together?

    References

    amadou

    English

    (wikipedia amadou)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.
    • (Ure)