different between empyrosis vs conflagration

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek in + to burn.

Noun

empyrosis (plural empyroses)

1. (obsolete) A general fire; a conflagration.
   • 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature

     the former Opinion that held these Cataclysms and Empyroses universal

References

empyrosis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin c?nflagr?ti? (“burning, conflagration”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?nfl????e???n/

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

conflagration (countable and uncountable, plural conflagrations)

2. A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

   Synonyms: firestorm, inferno

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:conflagration.
3. (figuratively) A large-scale conflict.

Translations

See also

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?nflagr?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.fla.??a.sj??/

Noun

conflagration f (plural conflagrations)

1. (literary) conflagration

See also

• déflagration

Further reading

• “conflagration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).