Difference between Sear and Scorch

What is the difference between Sear and Scorch?

Sear as a noun is a scar produced by searing while Scorch as a noun is a slight or surface burn.

Sear

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A scar produced by searing Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument

Scorch

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A slight or surface burn.A discolouration caused by heat.Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To burn the surface of something so as to discolour itTo wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemyTo become scorched or singedTo move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground)

We hope you now know whether to use Sear or Scorch in your sentence.

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