Spark vs. Scintilla — 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 minute amount; an iota or trace.

A small amount of a quality or intense feeling

Pl. also scin·til·lae (sĭn-tĭlē) A spark; a flash.

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

A small spark or flash.

A lively young man.

(figuratively) A small or trace amount.

Emit sparks of fire or electricity

A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle.

Ignite

A tiny or scarcely detectable amount

Engage in courtship

A sparkling glittering particles

One thrown off from a burning substance.

One resulting from friction.

One remaining in an otherwise extinguished fire; an ember.

A glistening particle, as of metal.

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

A short pulse or flow of electric current.

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

A vital, animating, or activating factor

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

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

The discharge itself.

An elegantly dressed, highly self-conscious young man.

A male suitor; a beau.

To give off sparks.

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

To set in motion; activate

To rouse to action; spur

To court or woo.

To court a woman or women.

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

A short or small burst of electrical discharge.

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

(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.

Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Indomalayan genus Sinthusa.

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

An electrician.

A gallant; a foppish young man.

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;