different between smouldering vs flickering

smouldering

English

Alternative forms

  • smoldering US

Verb

smouldering

  1. present participle of smoulder
    • 1859, Alfred Tennyson, Guinevere
      Some evil chance / Will make the smouldering scandal break and blaze.

Noun

smouldering (plural smoulderings)

  1. (sometimes figuratively) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.
    the smoulderings of the Thirty Years War

Anagrams

  • remouldings

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flickering

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fl?k????/

Adjective

flickering (comparative more flickering, superlative most flickering)

  1. shining unsteadily or vary rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)

Translations

Verb

flickering

  1. present participle of flicker

Noun

flickering (plural flickerings)

  1. A short, uncertain burst.
    Even after the acrimonious breakup, she still felt flickerings of love for him.

Anagrams

  • Flickinger

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