different between flash vs brand

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: fl?sh, IPA^(key): /flæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

In some senses, from Middle English flasshen, a variant of flasken, flaskien (“to sprinkle, splash”), which was likely of imitative origin; in other senses probably of North Germanic origin akin to Swedish dialectal flasa (“to burn brightly, blaze”), related to flare. Compare also Icelandic flasa (“to rush, go hastily”).

Verb

flash (third-person singular simple present flashes, present participle flashing, simple past and past participle flashed)

1. (transitive) To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.

2. (intransitive) To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
3. (intransitive) To be visible briefly.
4. (transitive) To make visible briefly.
5. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To briefly, and often unintentionally, expose one's naked body or underwear, or part of it, in public. (Contrast streak.)

6. (transitive, informal) To show or expose an "inappropriate" part of the body to someone for humorous reasons or as an act of contempt.
7. (figuratively) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
8. To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.

9. To communicate quickly.

10. To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
11. (transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.

12. (intransitive, of liquid) To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)
13. (transitive, climbing) To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
14. (transitive, computing) To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).
15. (transitive, glassmaking) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
16. (transitive, glassmaking) To expand (blown glass) into a disc.
17. (transitive) To send by some startling or sudden means.
18. (intransitive) To burst out into violence.
19. (juggling) To perform a flash.
20. (metallurgy) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
21. (transitive, obsolete) To trick up in a showy manner.
22. (transitive, obsolete) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. Disposed into Twelue Books, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues, London: Printed for W[illiam] Ponsonbie, OCLC 18024649, book II, canto VI, stanza XLII; republished as The Faerie Queene. By Edmund Spenser. With an Exact Collation of the Two Original Editions, Published by Himself at London in Quarto; the Former Containing the First Three Books Printed in 1590, and the Latter the Six Books in 1596. To which are Now Added, a New Life of the Author, and also a Glossary. Adorn'd with Thirty-two Copper-Plates, from the Original Drawings of the late W. Kent, Esq.; Architect and Principal Painter to His Majesty, volume I, London: Printed for J. Brindley, in New Bond-Street, and S. Wright, Clerk of His Majesty's Works, at Hampton-Court, 1751, OCLC 642577152, page 316:

      The varlet ?aw, when to the flood he came, / How without ?top or ?tay he fiercely lept, / And deep him?elfe beducked in the ?ame, / That in the lake his loftie cre?t was ?teept, / Ne of his ?afetie ?eemed care he kept, / But with his raging armes he rudely fla?hd / The waves about, and all his armour ?wept, / That all the bloud and filth away was wa?ht, / Yet ?till he bet the water, and the billows da?ht.

Synonyms

• (to briefly illuminate): glint
• (telephoning): beep

Derived terms

Related terms

• flush (possibly)

Translations

See also

• gleam
• (to expose one's naked body or underwear): wardrobe malfunction

Noun

flash (plural flashes)

1. A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
2. A very short amount of time.
3. (colloquial, US) A flashlight; an electric torch.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, OCLC 747046957; republished London: Penguin Books, 2011, ISBN 978-0-241-95628-1, page 34:

     I reached a flash out of my car pocket and went down-grade and looked at the car.

4. (figuratively) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
5. Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
6. (Britain, Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
8. (juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
9. (linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.
10. (photography) Clipping of camera flash (“a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help illuminate a scene”).
11. (archaic) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.
12. (military) A form of military insignia.

13. (computing, uncountable) Clipping of flash memory.

14. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Artipe, Deudorix and Rapala.
15. A tattoo flash.
16. The sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.
    • 1973, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency, Proper and Improper Use of Drugs by Athletes: Hearings (page 645)

      A few seconds following the injection, the user experiences a sudden, intense generalized sensation which has both physiological and psychological characteristics. […] pure, commercially produced products do not give a good flash […]

    • 1976, Robert H. Coombs, Lincoln J. Fry, Patricia G. Lewis, Socialization in Drug Abuse (page 123)

      The flash — the odd combination of a cocoon-comfort and an inexplicable physical ascendency to a "high" — provides the major incentive for the new experimenter to move to the next phase of his career.

17. (dated) A newsflash.
    • 1931, George Seldes, Can These Things Be! (volume 25, page 274)

      The United Press got the flash "Germans declare martial law in Ruhr" […]

Synonyms

• (burst of light): gleam, glint
• (material left around the edge of a mould): moulding flash, molding flash

Antonyms

• (very short amount of time): aeon

Hypernyms

• (burst of light): light

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• glimmer
• shimmer
• sparkle
• twinkle

Adjective

flash (comparative more flash, superlative most flash)

1. (Britain and New Zealand, slang) Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
   • 1892, Banjo Paterson, The Man from Ironbark

     The barber man was small and flash, as barbers mostly are,

     He wore a strike-your-fancy sash, he smoked a huge cigar;

2. (Britain, of a person) Having plenty of ready money.
3. (Britain, of a person) Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
   • 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 1:

     Bit of a flash git, don't you think?

4. (US, slang) Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
5. (slang, obsolete) Relating to thieves and vagabonds.

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “flash”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• For the sense ‘a short period of time’, the 1858 Notes and Queries of Martim de Albuquerque was consulted. From page 437 of the sixth volume of the second series, published in London by Bell & Dally, 186 Fleet Street, in 1858 :

  Ought we not to collect for posterity the various ways in which very short times are denoted. Besides the one at the head, there are, — in no time, in next to no time, in less than no time, in a trice, in a jiffy, in a brace of shakes, before you can say Jack Robinson, in a crack, in the squeezing of a lemon, in the doubling of your fist, in the twinkling of an eye, in a moment, in an instant, in a flash.

Etymology 2

From Middle English flasche, flaske; compare Old French flache, French flaque, which is of Germanic origin, akin to Middle Dutch vlacke (“an estuary, flats with stagnant pools”).

Noun

flash (plural flashes)

1. A pool.
   • a. 1646, Jeremiah Burroughs, The Excellency of Holy Courage in Evil Times

     their hearts lie lumpish as a Log that lies in a flash of water seven years together

2. (engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.

Derived terms

• flash wheel

Further reading

• flash on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• halfs

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English flash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla?/

Noun

flash m (plural flashs)

1. flash (burst of light)
2. (photography) flash
3. newsflash
4. (juggling) flash

Derived terms

• flasher

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English flash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fla?/, [?fla?]

Noun

flash m (plural flashes)

1. (photography) flash

English

Etymology

From Middle English brand, from Old English brand (“fire; flame; burning; torch; sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?renu- (“to bubble forth; brew; spew forth; burn”). Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân (“fire”), Dutch brand, German Brand, Swedish brand (“blaze, fire”), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). Parallel to e.g. Proto-Slavic *gor?ti (“to burn”) from Proto-Indo-European *b?renu- (“to bubble forth; brew; spew forth; burn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?ænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Noun

brand (plural brands)

1. (obsolete, rare) A conflagration; a flame.
   • 1559, Jasper Heywood (translator), Troas

     Goe to prepare the maryages what neede the torchis light? be holde the towres of troy do shyne with brandes that blase full bright.

   • 1559, Jasper Heywood (translator), Troas

     Is yet againe thy brest enflamde,
     with brande of venus might

2. (archaic or poetic) A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder.
   • 1513, Gavin Douglas, The Eneados

     The fearful brands and bleezes of het fire.

   • 1859-1890, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England to the Revolutionary War

     Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof.

   • 1559, Jasper Heywood (translator), Troas

     Or when amid the Grecians shippes,
     he threw the brandes of fyre.

3. (Scotland, Northern England) A torch used for signaling.
4. (archaic) A sword.
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Sir Galahad

     The shattering trumpet shrilleth high,
     The hard brands shiver on the steel,
     The splinter'd spear-shafts crack and fly,
     The horse and rider reel

5. A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
6. A branding iron.
7. The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
8. A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.

9. (by extension) Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.
10. The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
    • 2011, Tom Bevan, Carl M. Cannon, Election 2012: The Battle Begins, Crown (?ISBN)

      The Obama brand had taken a hit two months earlier, when he campaigned for Creigh Deeds in Virginia and Jon Corzine in New Jersey, only to see them both lose.

    • 2012, Start Your Own Personal Concierge Service, Entrepreneur Press (?ISBN), page 104:

      Her brand is edgy, cosmopolitan, and out-of-the-box, so blogging is the perfect, ever-changing match for her.

    • 2019, Sally Thorne, 99 Percent Mine: A Novel, HarperCollins (?ISBN):

      He unplugged my umbilical cord to take a leisurely swig, smirking, watching me turn blue before giving it back. My cardiologist told me that was impossible, but I'm still convinced. That's very on-brand for [my twin] Jamie.

11. A mark of infamy; stigma.
12. Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.

Synonyms

• (distinguishing name, symbol or logo): trademark, logo, brand name, marque, tradename, proprietary name
• (reputation): repute, name, good name

Hyponyms

• (mark made by burning a human): badge

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

brand (third-person singular simple present brands, present participle branding, simple past and past participle branded)

1. (transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.

   When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.

2. (transitive) To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.

   The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.

3. (transitive) To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.

   Her face is branded upon my memory.

4. (transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).

   He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.

   • I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
5. (transitive, marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.

   They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.

Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

• brand new
• rebrand

See also

References

• brand at OneLook Dictionary Search
• brand in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• brand in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brant/

Etymology 1

From Dutch brand, from Middle Dutch brant, from Old Dutch *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Noun

brand (plural brande, diminutive brandjie)

1. destructive, catastrophic fire (such as a house fire)

Etymology 2

From Dutch branden, from Middle Dutch branden.

Verb

brand (present brand, present participle brandende, past participle gebrand)

1. (ergative) to burn

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish brand, from Old Norse brandr, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz, compare with Swedish brand, English brand, German Brand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bran?/, [?b???n?]
• Homophone: brænd

Noun

brand c (singular definite branden, plural indefinite brande)

1. fire (large, destructive fire, as in a building)
2. smut (plant disease)

Inflection

References

• “brand,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English brand, cognate with the former word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bra?nd/, [?b??æ?nd?]

Noun

brand n (singular definite brandet, plural indefinite brands)

1. brand (public image)
2. brand (a specific product)

Inflection

References

• “brand,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bra?nd/, [?b??æ?nd?]

Verb

brand

1. imperative of brande

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br?nt/
• Hyphenation: brand
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch brant, from Old Dutch *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Noun

brand m (plural branden, diminutive brandje n)

1. destructive, catastrophic fire (such as a house fire)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: brand

See also

• rook
• vuur

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

brand

1. first-person singular present indicative of branden
2. imperative of branden

French

Etymology

From Middle French brand, from Old French brant, from Frankish *brand (“firebrand, flaming sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“firebrand, torch, sword”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?renu- (“to burn”). Cognate with Old High German brant (“fire, firebrand, burning iron”), Old English brand (“fire, flame, brand, torch, sword, weapon”), Old Norse brandr (“fire, firebrand, sword”). More at English brand.

Noun

brand m (plural brands)

1. (archaic) a sword

Further reading

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

Icelandic

Noun

brand

1. indefinite accusative singular of brandur

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English brand.

Noun

brand m (invariable)

1. brand (product symbol)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• braund, brend, brond, broond

Etymology

From Old English brand, from Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brand/, /bra?nd/
• (from OE brond) IPA^(key): /br?nd/, /br??nd/

Noun

brand (plural brandes)

1. fire, flame
2. burning wood or coal
3. torch (lit stick)
4. sword, blade

Related terms

Descendants

• English: brand
• Scots: brand
• Yola: broan

References

• “br??nd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse brandr. Doublet of brann.

Noun

brand m (definite singular branden, indefinite plural brandar, definite plural brandane)

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2. form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by brann; fire

References

• “brand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brand/

Noun

brand m (plural brands)

1. (nautical) pitch (movement around the beam axis)

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse brandr.

Noun

brand

1. fire (occurrence of fire in a certain place)

Descendants

• Danish: brand

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brand, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Alternative forms

• brond

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br?nd/

Noun

brand m

1. firebrand; torch
2. a sword (poetic)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: brand, brond
  • English: brand
  • Scots: brand

Old Norse

Noun

brand

1. indefinite accusative singular of brandr

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish brander, from Old Norse brandr, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?renu-. A derivative of brinna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brand/, [bran??d?]
• Rhymes: -and

Noun

brand c

1. accidental, uncontrollable fire, conflagration

Declension

Derived terms

• bilbrand
• brandbomb
• brandfara
• brandfarlig
• brandfilt
• brandförsäkring
• brandkår
• brandlarm
• brandrea
• brandrisk
• brandskada
• brandsläckare
• gräsbrand
• husbrand
• mordbrand
• skogsbrand
• zombiebrand

See also

References

• brand in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “brand”, in Online Etymology Dictionary