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Topical vs Burning - What's the difference?

topical | burning |

As adjectives the difference between topical and burning

is that topical is of current interest; contemporary while burning is so hot as to seem to burn (something).

As nouns the difference between topical and burning

is that topical is (pharmacology) a topical anaesthetic while burning is the act by which something burns or is burned.

As a verb burning is

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topical

English

Adjective

(wikipedia topical) (en adjective)
  • Of current interest; contemporary.
  • ''Fair trade has become quite a topical subject.
  • local to a particular place
  • (medicine, not comparable) Applied to a localized part of the body.
  • Arranged according to topic or theme; thematic.
  • Antonyms

    * systemic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pharmacology) A topical anaesthetic.
  • Anagrams

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    burning

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • So hot as to seem to burn (something).
  • *{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
  • , chapter=5, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}
  • Feeling very hot.
  • Feeling great passion.
  • Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
  • * (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • Like a young hound upon a burning scent.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something burns or is burned.
  • * 1828 , Timothy Flint, The Western Monthly Review (volume 1, page 403)
  • It gives a fine delineation of the burnings of shame, disappointed ambition, and vengeance
  • * 1850 , The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal (volume 91, page 93)
  • The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.
  • A fire.
  • The burnings continued all day.