Torrid vs Flaming - What's the difference?
torrid | flaming | Related terms |
Very hot and dry.
Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate.
Full of difficulty.
On fire with visible flames.
(colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male.
(British, colloquial) Damned, bloody.
sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame
(internet slang) vitriolic criticism
Flaming is a synonym of torrid.
As adjectives the difference between torrid and flaming
is that torrid is very hot and dry while flaming is on fire with visible flames.As a verb flaming is
present participle of lang=en.As a noun flaming is
sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.torrid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* torrid zoneflaming
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The flaming debris kept the firefighter well back, and the sparks threatened the neighborhood.
- To call him a flaming homosexual would be an understatement, but I think he acts that way just to see people react.
- I wasted three hours in that flaming traffic jam!
Verb
(head)See also
* flame war * flame baitNoun
(en noun)- You can expect a flaming if you post irrelevant spam to a newsgroup.