Flesh vs. Flash — What's the Difference?

Flesh is a term for some soft tissues of an organism. Various multicellular organisms have soft tissues that may be called "flesh".

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

The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate, covering the bones and consisting mainly of skeletal muscle and fat

Move or pass very quickly

Such tissue of an animal, used as food

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

The surface or skin of the human body

A sudden brief burst of bright light

Fatty tissue

A sudden or brief manifestation or occurrence of something

(Botany) The pulpy, usually edible part of a fruit or vegetable.

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

The human body

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

Sensual appetites

Ostentatious stylishness or display of wealth

Substance; reality

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

To give substance or detail to; fill out. Often used with out

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

To clean (a hide) of adhering flesh.

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

To encourage (a falcon, for example) to participate in the chase by feeding it flesh from a kill.

Ostentatiously stylish or expensive

To plunge or thrust (a weapon) into flesh.

Relating to the language used by criminals or prostitutes.

(Archaic) To inure (troops, for instance) to battle or bloodshed.

To burst forth into or as if into flame.

To become plump or fleshy; gain weight.

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

The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.

To appear or occur suddenly

The skin of a human or animal.

To move or proceed rapidly

(by extension) Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso.

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

Animal tissue regarded as food; meat (but sometimes excluding fish).

(Slang) To think of or remember something suddenly

The human body as a physical entity.

(Slang) To expose oneself in an indecent manner.

(religion) The mortal body of a human being, contrasted with the spirit or soul.

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

(religion) The evil and corrupting principle working in man.

To cause to burst into flame.

The soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables.

To reflect (light).

(obsolete) Tenderness of feeling; gentleness.

To cause to reflect light from (a surface).

(obsolete) Kindred; stock; race.

To make known or signal by flashing lights.

A yellowish pink colour; the colour of some Caucasian human skin.

To communicate or display at great speed

(transitive) To reward (a hound, bird of prey etc.) with flesh of the animal killed, to excite it for further hunting; to train (an animal) to have an appetite for flesh.

To exhibit briefly.

(transitive) To bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.

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

(obsolete) To inure or habituate someone in or to a given practice.

To display ostentatiously; flaunt.

(transitive) To glut.

To fill suddenly with water.

(transitive) To put flesh on; to fatten.

To cover with a thin protective layer.

To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.

A sudden, brief, intense display of light.

The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles.

A sudden perception

Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish.

A split second; an instant

The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person.

A brief news dispatch or transmission.

The human eace; mankind; humanity.

(Slang) Gaudy or ostentatious display

Human nature

A flashlight.

In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.

Instantaneous illumination for photography

Kindred; stock; race.

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

The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.

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

To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; - from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time.

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

To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom.

Happening suddenly or very quickly

To remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides.

(Slang) Ostentatious; showy

The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat

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

Alternative names for the body of a human being;

Of or relating to photography using instantaneous illumination.

A soft moist part of a fruit

(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;