different between aflare vs ablare

English

Etymology

From a- +? flare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??fl??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adverb

aflare (comparative more aflare, superlative most aflare)

1. Flaring
   • 1886 - Mary Murfree, In the Clouds.

     The flaming base of the opposite mountain, all luridly aflare in the windy dusk.

Anagrams

• rafale

English

Etymology

a- (“in such a manner”) +? blare (“blaring”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??bl??/

Adjective

ablare (comparative more ablare, superlative most ablare)

1. Blaring.
   • 1916, Charles Wharton Stork, “Sea Song” in Sea and Bay: A Poem of New England, New York: John Lane, p. 71,^[1]

     He’ll dock with flags a-flutter, bands a-blare.

   • 1959, “Charge!”, Time, 3 August, 1959,^[2]

     Market Street intersections were ablare with car radios tuned to “the game.”

   • 1998, Sam Dillon, “Early Bird Begins Mexico’s 2000 Presidential Race,” New York Times, 11 May, 1998,^[3]

     The tropical night air on Saturday is ablare with the oompahs of a brass band, street lights abuzz with bugs, and thousands of Maya Indian farmers are jammed into a colonial plaza waiting for Vicente Fox Quesada.

References

Anagrams

• Arbela, Barela, arable