What's the difference between enthuse and ignite?

Enthuse


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) To make or become enthusiastic.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Some are enthused about the opportunities this brings; others find it deeply unsettling.
  • (2) Encouraged by Atkins , to whom Ike had enthused about his two talented sons, Don and Phil branched out as a duo.
  • (3) Boseley enthuses about hour-long, single-story, issue-based documentaries that will be followed by debates run by Cook's team on the issues raised.
  • (4) Many have been enthused about; few have been embedded.
  • (5) Numerous studies have shown that, above all other factors, it's the teacher in the classroom who inspires, cultivates and enthuses learning.
  • (6) They enthuse about a private-sector led economic recovery; they say the governor of the Bank of England and the financial markets demand deficit reduction.
  • (7) "It's an amazing time right now," she enthuses, in the grand surroundings of her New Town hotel.
  • (8) In the latest Vogue, Susie Forbes, principal at the Condé Nast College of Fashion and Design, enthuses about her treadmill desk, a refinement of the stand-up-sit-down desks (the height can be raised or lowered) now fashionable.
  • (9) In Apple's earnings call in July, Cook was typically enthused when alluding – albeit vaguely – to new products due to be unveiled in the next 12 months.
  • (10) As her old boss Alex Salmond, out campaigning in Fife, enthused that his former protege was “wiping the floor with the Westminster old boys’ network”, Sturgeon offered words of caution: “We’ve got to see how people vote; after all, there’s a danger that all of us will get carried away with the post-match analysis.” Judging by the sheer energy and spirit of the scores of activists gathered on St John’s Road in the prosperous suburb of Costorphine, this is yet another seat the Liberal Democrats are unlikely to hold.
  • (11) I always say seeing is believing, it really is,” enthuses Clegg, waxing lyrical about the charms of Baku.
  • (12) "Just having a group conversation, being able to interact realistically and allow new sims into a conversation, to acknowledge them and respond... it sounds like a small thing but it's never happened in the sims game," enthuses Nardone.
  • (13) "Ashton is probably one of the smartest guys when it comes to tech," he enthused.
  • (14) In her slightly fusty offices off Drury Lane, Michel enthuses about the new TV and internet-based deals for clients, from Simon Schama to Twiggy (she has a planned musical), and garden writer Sarah Raven, Michel's first client.
  • (15) The "fastest rate of quarterly growth in five years" , enthuses the Telegraph.
  • (16) MPG's trading director, Alan Brydon, said that he was "enthused" by the launch and Vanessa Clifford, the managing partner at Mindshare, added that the venture was "realistic and well founded in common sense".
  • (17) I do my best but really it's about song interpretation, being the character of the song…It's about keeping the audience enthused, keeping them involved.
  • (18) Sarpong enthuses about China , which, through state-run company Poly Technologies Inc (PTI), donated the sports complex to the armed forces in 2011.
  • (19) They pose a clear threat to the financial security of every family in Britain.” Kendall, in a reflective speech, conceded Corybn’s campaign had “mobilised and enthused vast numbers of people in a way we haven’t seen for decades.
  • (20) Corbyn has shown he can enthuse multitudes with optimism, sincerity and straight-talking No one has the answer to widespread disaffection with mainstream politics.

Ignite


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.
  • (v. t.) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; -- often said of incombustible or infusible substances; as, to ignite iron or platinum.
  • (v. i.) To take fire; to begin to burn.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Hair ignited in room air only when struck repeatedly at high energy, but easily ignited in 100% oxygen.
  • (2) Eight of the nine best descriptive studies indicated that alcohol exposure was more likely among those who died in fires ignited by cigarettes than those attributable to other causes.
  • (3) And in a broader sense, the sort of Conservatives who think intelligently and strategically – and there are more of them than you think – fret that a bearded 66-year-old socialist has ignited political debate in a way that absolutely nobody in the mainstream predicted.
  • (4) Twombly's work sold for millions and ignited the passions of followers.
  • (5) The Texas City Disaster on 16 April 1947 killed almost 600 people, when a fire ignited a huge quantity of ammonium nitrate on a ship moored in the Galveston Bay port, beginning a chain of explosions and fires.
  • (6) PA also spoke to Austin Yuill, whoa chef at the art school, who said he believed the blaze started when a spark ignited foam in the building's basement.
  • (7) But then a mismanaged clean-up in an underground garbage dump ignited a seam of anthracite eight miles long that proved impossible to extinguish.
  • (8) Police have refused to speculate whether the blast was caused by anhydrous ammonia igniting in the heat of the fire, or if there could be a criminal connection.
  • (9) But the spacecraft's rocket boosters failed to ignite after it had been launched into a parking orbit around the Earth in November.
  • (10) The sample is ignited in a closed atmosphere of oxygen and, after a series of redox reactions, the iodine is determined spectrophotometrically as the triiodide ion.
  • (11) Changes in lattice parameters (principally in the a-axis dimensions) and in the character of the IR absorption bands are correlated with weight losses at pyrolysis temperatures of 100 degrees to 400 degrees C and with effect of rehydration and reignition of previously ignited samples.
  • (12) Photograph: supplied Nauru: a powder keg waiting to ignite All the signs suggest a moment of crisis is approaching on Nauru .
  • (13) When I speak to Irish people, they’re very worried about the Troubles being kind of re-ignited.
  • (14) This pattern is not unique to London: it is evident in past riots throughout the US, from Cincinnati to Crown Heights in New York to the Los Angeles riots ignited by the Rodney King beating.
  • (15) Ukip leaflets gloat: “Labour will keep you in.” In Westminster I hear some Labour MPs secretly hoping a Stoke loss would ignite a “Corbyn must go” move.
  • (16) It could not be any clearer that support for Mladic and his apotheosis in the media are an unfortunate endorsement of Dimitrijevic's assessment that survivors of the atrocities of the 1992-1995 war have no reason to think that Serbian culture has abandoned the ideology that ignited aggressions.
  • (17) Burns resulting from clothing ignition, both daywear and nightwear, have decreased slightly in recent years.
  • (18) We report a case of severe thermal injury to the conducting airways due to either inhalational injury or to intratracheal ignition of the ether vehicle used in free-basing cocaine resulting in severe reactive airways disease and tracheal stenosis requiring reconstructive surgery.
  • (19) Last year, General Motors paid $900m to end an investigation into an ignition switch defect, which cut engines and disabled systems such as power steering and airbags, linked to 124 deaths.
  • (20) The presented cases emphasize the hazard of serving ignited food and drinks without taking appropriate safety measures.

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