ablaze vs flaring

ablaze

adv
  • On fire; in a blaze. 

  • Lit up brightly and with color, gleaming. 

  • In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. 

adj
  • In a state of glowing excitement, ardent desire, or other strong emotion. 

  • Radiant with bright light and color. 

  • Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire. 

flaring

noun
  • The deliberate open-air burning of natural gas that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes, especially oil extraction; gas flaring. 

  • The act of something that flares. 

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