Spark vs. Flame — What's the Difference?

A small fiery particle thrown off from a fire, alight in ashes, or produced by striking together two hard surfaces such as stone or metal

A flame (from Latin flamma) is the visible, gaseous part of a fire. It is caused by a highly exothermic chemical reaction taking place in a thin zone.

A small amount of a quality or intense feeling

The zone of burning gases and fine suspended matter associated with rapid combustion; a hot, glowing mass of burning gas or vapor.

Used as a nickname for a radio operator or an electrician, especially in the armed forces

The condition of active, blazing combustion

A lively young man.

Something resembling a flame in motion, brilliance, intensity, or shape.

Emit sparks of fire or electricity

A violent or intense passion.

Ignite

(Informal) A person that one has an intense passion for.

Engage in courtship

(Informal) An insulting criticism or remark meant to incite anger, as on a computer network.

One thrown off from a burning substance.

To burn brightly; blaze.

One resulting from friction.

To color or flash suddenly

One remaining in an otherwise extinguished fire; an ember.

(Informal) To make insulting criticisms or remarks, as on a computer network, to incite anger.

A glistening particle, as of metal.

To burn, ignite, or scorch (something) with a flame.

A flash of light, especially a flash produced by electric discharge.

(Informal) To insult or criticize provokingly, as on a computer network.

A short pulse or flow of electric current.

(Obsolete) To excite; inflame.

A quality or feeling with latent potential; a seed or germ

The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.

A vital, animating, or activating factor

A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.

Sparks (used with a sing. verb) Informal A radio operator aboard a ship.

An aggressively insulting criticism or remark.

The luminous phenomenon resulting from a disruptive discharge through an insulating material.

(color) A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour. E82D14

The discharge itself.

The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl.

An elegantly dressed, highly self-conscious young man.

Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger.

A male suitor; a beau.

To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.

To give off sparks.

To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.

To operate correctly. Used of the ignition system of an internal-combustion engine.

To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).

To set in motion; activate

Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.

To rouse to action; spur

A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.

To court or woo.

Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm; glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger.

To court a woman or women.

Ardor of affection; the passion of love.

A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.

A person beloved; a sweetheart.

A short or small burst of electrical discharge.

To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion; to blaze.

A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.

To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor.

(figuratively) A small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.

To kindle; to inflame; to excite.

Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Indomalayan genus Sinthusa.

The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke;

(in plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator.

Shine with a sudden light;

An electrician.

Be in flames or aflame;

A gallant; a foppish young man.

Criticize harshly, on the e-mail

A beau, lover.

To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).

(transitive) To light; to kindle.

To shoot; to fire

(intransitive) To give off a spark or sparks.

To woo, court; to act the gallant or beau.

A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion.

A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.

That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle.

A brisk, showy, gay man.

A lover; a gallant; a beau.

To sparkle.

To produce, or give off, sparks, as a dynamo at the commutator when revolving under the collecting brushes.

To play the spark, beau, or lover.

A momentary flash of light

Brightness and animation of countenance;

Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

A small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger;

Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)

A small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction

Put in motion or move to act;

Emit or produce sparks;