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Tinder vs Tindery - What's the difference?

tinder | tindery |

As a noun tinder

is small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.

As a verb tinder

is to set fire to; torch.

As an adjective tindery is

resembling or characteristic of tinder.

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

    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

    tindery

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of tinder.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 4, author=Adam Nossiter, title=Drought Saps the Southeast, and Its Farmers, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=In the browning corn fields here, the light breeze makes a tindery noise as it rustles the dry stalks. }}