What's the difference between aflame and sunburn?

Aflame


Definition:

  • (adv. & a.) Inflames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Once again the stone country is aflame late in the dry season.
  • (2) He added: "The person who lit the spark that set the whole country aflame was the prime minister."
  • (3) A caveman holds in one hand a pot labelled “petrol”, in the other a wooden stick, aflame, labelled “fire”.
  • (4) The last week of campaigning was entirely overshadowed after Ken Livingstone, Labour’s last London mayor, took up his handy blowtorch and set aflame the party’s rumbling row about anti-semitism.
  • (5) Bracken, gorse and dry moorland grass appear to be aflame.
  • (6) Their dynamic forward tandem of Warren Archibald and Steve David lit the nets aflame, but it wasn’t enough: the team left town in 1983 for Minnesota.
  • (7) At least one policeman was injured and the Guardian saw another with his leg aflame after what looked like a Molotov cocktail exploded beside him.
  • (8) Besides the goals, there was enough incident to keep rivalry aflame.

Sunburn


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan.
  • (n.) The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Temperature at 3 PM, sensitive skin type, youthfulness, and being male were also independently associated with sunburn.
  • (2) Skin diseases of the udder include viral infections, mange, sunburn, wounds, and staphylococcal dermatitis.
  • (3) A physical grading of some well-known sunburn protectors is described as a guide to the choice of preparation.
  • (4) A sun protection factor (SPF)-15 and an SPF-30 sunscreen were compared with regard to their ability to prevent sunburn cell formation after the exposure of human skin to a standardized dose of solar-simulated radiation.
  • (5) The following relative risks were identified: (1) All cases of SCC of the skin and matched controls: agricultural occupation 1.49, history of severe sunburn 1.49.
  • (6) In all tests, the combination of 7% octyl-dimethyl p-aminobenzoic acid ester and 3% oxybenzone was substantially more effective in protecting against sunburn than any other formula tested, including 5% p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA).
  • (7) The research, carried out by the British Association of Dermatologists, also revealed that a “shocking” 72% of people admitted having been sunburned in the previous year.
  • (8) Besides avoiding sunburn, other advice includes spending time in the shade, covering up and using a minimum factor 15 sunscreen.
  • (9) UVB-augmented release of IL-1-like activity peaked 1 h after irradiation and levels returned to baseline by 2 h. Release of IL-1-like activity from human skin after exposure to UV radiation may account for some of the local and systemic features of the sunburn response.
  • (10) Persons with skin types I and II were sometimes promised a safe, effective UVA tan that would protect against sunburn.
  • (11) A tendency to sunburn after 0.5 h midday summer sun exposure increased risk for uveal melanoma (burn with tanning RR = 1.5, P = 0.02; burn with little tanning RR = 1.8, P less than 0.001; burn with no tanning RR = 1.7, P = 0.002); as did exposure to UV or black lights (RR = 3.7, P = 0.003); and welding burn, sunburn of the eye, or snow blindness (RR = 7.2, P less than 0.001).
  • (12) More than one week later, following another dose of methotrexate, he experienced a second-degree burn in the areas of the prior sunburn, with sparing of chronically exposed areas on his face, neck, and arms.
  • (13) After all other predictors were controlled for, the body exposure index (which took into account time outside and hat, clothing, and sunscreen coverage) made a strong independent contribution to the explanation of sunburn (P < 0.001).
  • (14) Secondly, a study in Canadian school children revealed significantly higher naevus counts in subjects with numerous or severe episodes of sunburn in the previous 5 years.
  • (15) Sunburns in childhood are considered a major risk factor.
  • (16) The data suggest that ibuprofen is more effective than placebo for the relief of symptoms associated with UV-B-induced inflammation after high dose UV-B phototherapy for psoriasis, but the drug has limited usefulness in the treatment of sunburn reaction from these same doses.
  • (17) "Everyone can enjoy the sun safely by keeping out of the heat at the hottest time of the day, avoiding sunburn and staying hydrated with plenty of cool drinks.
  • (18) Telephone survey respondents provided detailed accounts of activities engaged in, time spent outside, and hat, clothing, and sunscreen coverage in the 4 hr around the solar midday on both weekend days, as well as skin type, sociodemographic descriptors, and degree of sunburn experienced.
  • (19) The purpose of this study was to determine whether topical L-selenomethionine reduces the degree of acute damage to the skin (i.e., sunburn) induced by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation in humans.
  • (20) The genesis of the tumor is uncertain, however the cutaneous fair complexion, the number and type of pigmented nevei and acute intermittent sun exposure with sunburn may play a significant role in its development.

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