Blush vs. Flash — What's the Difference?

Show shyness, embarrassment, or shame by becoming red in the face

Shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way

Be or become pink or pale red

Move or pass very quickly

A reddening of the face as a sign of shyness, embarrassment, or shame

Display (information or an image) suddenly on a television or computer screen or electronic sign, typically briefly or repeatedly

A pink or pale red tinge

A sudden brief burst of bright light

A wine with a slight pink tint made in the manner of white wine but from red grape varieties

A sudden or brief manifestation or occurrence of something

Another term for blusher (sense 1)

A camera attachment that produces a brief very bright light, used for taking photographs in poor light

To become red in the face, especially from modesty, embarrassment, or shame; flush.

A platform for producing and displaying animation and video in web browsers.

To become red or rosy.

Ostentatious stylishness or display of wealth

To feel embarrassed or ashamed

Excess plastic or metal forced between facing surfaces as two halves of a mould close up, forming a thin projection on the finished object

A reddening of the face, especially from modesty, embarrassment, or shame.

A rush of water, especially down a weir to take a boat over shallows.

A red or rosy color

A water-filled hollow formed by subsidence, especially any of those due to rock salt extraction in or near Cheshire in central England

A glance, look, or view

Ostentatiously stylish or expensive

Makeup used on the face and especially on the cheekbones to give a usually rosy tint. Also called blusher.

Relating to the language used by criminals or prostitutes.

An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame, modesty, etc.

To burst forth into or as if into flame.

A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.

To give off light or be lighted in sudden or intermittent bursts.

(figuratively) Feeling or appearance of optimism.

To appear or occur suddenly

A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.

To move or proceed rapidly

A color between pink and cream.

To hang up a phone line momentarily, as when using call waiting.

A pale pink wine made by removing the dark grape skins at the required point during fermentation.

(Slang) To think of or remember something suddenly

The collective noun for a group of boys.

(Slang) To expose oneself in an indecent manner.

(intransitive) To become red in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.

To cause (light) to appear suddenly or in intermittent bursts.

To be ashamed or embarrassed (to do something).

To cause to burst into flame.

(intransitive) To become red.

To reflect (light).

(transitive) To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make rosy.

To cause to reflect light from (a surface).

(copulative) To change skin color in the face (to a particular shade).

To make known or signal by flashing lights.

(transitive) To express or make known by blushing.

To communicate or display at great speed

(intransitive) To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers.

To exhibit briefly.

To glance with the eye, cast a glance.

To hang up (a phone line) momentarily, as when using call waiting.

Of dope or varnish: to develop an undesirable white precipitate on the surface, due to being applied in humid conditions.

To display ostentatiously; flaunt.

To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face.

To fill suddenly with water.

To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.

To cover with a thin protective layer.

To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers.

A sudden, brief, intense display of light.

To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.

A sudden perception

To express or make known by blushing.

A split second; an instant

A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.

A brief news dispatch or transmission.

A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.

(Slang) Gaudy or ostentatious display

A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

A flashlight.

Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

Instantaneous illumination for photography

Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame;

A device, such as a flashbulb, flashgun, or flash lamp, used to produce such illumination.

Become rosy or reddish;

(Slang) The pleasurable sensation that accompanies the use of a drug; a rush.

(Archaic) The language or cant of thieves, tramps, or underworld figures.

Happening suddenly or very quickly

(Slang) Ostentatious; showy

Of or relating to figures of quarterly economic growth released by the government and subject to later revision.

Of or relating to photography using instantaneous illumination.

(Computers) Of or relating to flash memory.

(Archaic) Of or relating to thieves, swindlers, and underworld figures.

(transitive) To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.

(intransitive) To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.

(intransitive) To be visible briefly.

(transitive) To make visible briefly.

To expose one's intimate body part or piece of clothing, often momentarily. Contrast streak.

(figurative) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.

To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.

To communicate quickly.

To move, or cause to move, suddenly.

(transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.

To evaporate suddenly. flash evaporation.}}

To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.

To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).

To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.

To expand (blown glass) into a disc.

(transitive) To send by some startling or sudden means.

(intransitive) To burst out into violence.

(juggling) To perform a flash.

(metallurgy) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.

To trick up in a showy manner.

To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.

A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.

A very short amount of time.

A flashlight; an electric torch.

(figuratively) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.

(uncountable) Pizzazz, razzle-dazzle.

Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.

The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.

(juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.

(linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.

(photography) camera flash

(archaic) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.

(military) A form of military insignia.

Clipping of flash memory

Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Artipe, Deudorix and Rapala.

A tattoo flash example design on paper to give an idea of a possible tattoo.

The sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.

(dated) A newsflash.

A brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).

The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.

A pool.

(engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.

Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.

Having plenty of ready money.

Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.

Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.

Relating to thieves and vagabonds.

To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash.

To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.

To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.

To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind.

To trick up in a showy manner.

To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.

A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.

A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.

The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.

A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictitious strength to liquors.

A lamp for providing intense momentary light to take a photograph; as, to take a picture without a flash.

Same as flashlight.

A short news item providing recently received and usually preliminary information about an event that is considered important enough to interrupt normal broadcasting or other news delivery services; also called a news flash or bulletin.

Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.

A pool.

A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.

Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.

Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; - applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry.

A sudden intense burst of radiant energy

A momentary brightness

A short vivid experience;

A sudden brilliant understanding;

A very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat);

A burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

A short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

A bright patch of color used for decoration or identification;

A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

Gleam or glow intermittently;

Appear briefly;

Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously;

Make known or cause to appear with great speed;

Run or move very quickly or hastily;

Expose or show briefly;

Protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal;

Emit a brief burst of light;

Tastelessly showy;