different between smouldering vs glowing

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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glowing

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /??lo???/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??l????/
  • Rhymes: -????

Verb

glowing

  1. present participle of glow

Noun

glowing (plural glowings)

  1. The action of the verb glow.

Adjective

glowing (comparative more glowing, superlative most glowing)

  1. That glows or glow.
    glowing embers
  2. (figuratively) Full of praise.
    He received glowing references from his previous employers.

Translations

Anagrams

  • gowling

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