different between radiate vs flare

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare (“to radiate, furnish with spokes, give out rays, radiate, shine”), from radius (“a spoke, ray”).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /??e?die?t/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /??e?die?t/, /??e?di.?t/

Verb

radiate (third-person singular simple present radiates, present participle radiating, simple past and past participle radiated)

1. To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
   • 1994, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates

     Oban is not a terminus; its routes radiate by sea, rail and road.
2. (transitive) To emit rays or waves.

   The stove radiates heat.

3. (intransitive) To come out or proceed in rays or waves.

   The heat radiates from a stove.

   • 1706, John Locke, Elements of Natural Philosophy

     Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.
4. (transitive) To illuminate.
5. To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
6. (transitive) To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
7. (ecology, intransitive) to spread into new habitats, migrate.

Synonyms

• (to expose to radiation): irradiate

Derived terms

• radiator

Related terms

• radiation

Translations

Adjective

radiate (comparative more radiate, superlative most radiate)

1. Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.

   a radiate crystal

2. Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
3. (botany) Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
4. (botany) Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular.
5. (biology) Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.
6. (zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.

Translations

Noun

radiate (plural radiates)

1. (zoology) One of the Radiata.

Related terms

• radial
• radiation
• radio
• radius
• ray

Further reading

• radiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• radiate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• radiate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• airdate, ardaite, tiaraed

Esperanto

Adverb

radiate

1. present adverbial passive participle of radii

Italian

Verb

radiate

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of radere
2. second-person plural present indicative of radiare
3. second-person plural imperative of radiare
4. second-person plural present subjunctive of radiare
5. feminine plural of radiato

Anagrams

• aderita, adirate, ardiate, datarie, daterai

Latin

Verb

radi?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of radi?

English

Etymology

Origin unknown, first recorded in the mid 16th century, probably related to Latin flagr? (“I burn”). Norwegian flara (“to blaze; to flaunt in gaudy attire”) has a similar meaning, but the English word predates it. Possibly related to Middle High German vlederen (“to flutter”), represented by modern German flattern.

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fl???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fl???/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophone: flair

Noun

flare (plural flares)

1. A sudden bright light.
2. A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.
   1. A type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light without an explosion, used to attract attention in an emergency, to illuminate an area, or as a decoy.
   2. (oil industry) A flame produced by a burn-off of waste gas (flare gas) from a flare tower (or flare stack), typically at an oil refinery.
3. (figuratively) A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.
4. A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.
5. (in the plural) Bell-bottom trousers.
6. (aviation) The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
7. (baseball) A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.

   Synonyms: blooper, Texas leaguer
8. (American football) A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.
9. (photography) Short for lens flare.
10. An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis).

    Synonym: flare-up

11. A breakdance move of someone helicoptering his torso on alternating arms.

Hyponyms

• (pyrotechnic): Bengal light, fusee (“colored flare used as a warning on a railroad”) (US), parachute flare, Very light

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

flare (third-person singular simple present flares, present participle flaring, simple past and past participle flared)

1. (transitive) To cause to burn.
2. (transitive) To cause inflammation; to inflame.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To open outward in shape.
4. (transitive, intransitive, aviation) To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
5. (intransitive) To blaze brightly.
6. (intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
7. (intransitive, figuratively) To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.
8. (intransitive, figuratively) To suddenly happen or intensify.

   Synonym: flare up
9. (intransitive, figuratively) To suddenly erupt in anger.

   Synonym: flare up
10. (intransitive, obsolete) To be exposed to too much light.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Translations

References

• flare in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• flare at OneLook Dictionary Search

Further reading

• flare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gas flare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• feral

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fla?re

Noun

flare

1. (astronomy) solar flare

Declension

Synonyms

• auringonpurkaus
• soihtupurkaus

Latin

Verb

fl?re

1. present active infinitive of fl?
2. second-person singular present passive imperative of fl?
3. second-person singular present passive indicative of fl?