graffiti vs scorch

graffiti

verb
  • To mark a surface with such images. 

noun
  • Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization. 

  • Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions. 

scorch

verb
  • To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it 

  • To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy 

  • To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively). 

  • To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire. 

  • To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence. 

  • (To cause) to become scorched or singed 

noun
  • A slight or surface burn. 

  • Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi. 

  • A discolouration caused by heat. 

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