Fire vs. Seat: What's the Difference?

A rapid, persistent chemical change that releases heat and light and is accompanied by flame, especially the exothermic oxidation of a combustible substance

Something, such as a chair or bench, that may be sat on

A specific instance of this change that destroys something

The part on which one rests in sitting

A burning fuel

A place in which one may sit

Burning intensity of feeling; ardor or enthusiasm

The right to occupy such a place or a ticket indicating this right

Luminosity or brilliance, as of a cut and polished gemstone.

The buttocks.

Liveliness and vivacity of imagination; brilliance

The part of a garment that covers the buttocks.

A severe test; a trial or torment

A part serving as the base of something else.

A fever or bodily inflammation

The surface or part on which another part sits or rests.

The discharge of firearms or artillery

The place where something is located or based

The launching of a missile, rocket, or similar ballistic body.

A center of authority; a capital

Discharged bullets or other projectiles

A place of abode or residence, especially a large house that is part of an estate

Intense, repeated attack or criticism

Membership in an organization, such as a legislative body or stock exchange, that is obtained by appointment, election, or purchase.

To cause to burn; ignite or set fire to

The manner of sitting on a horse

To illuminate or cause to resemble fire, as in color

To place in or on a seat.

To start (a fuel-burning engine or a vehicle with such an engine). Often used with up.

To cause or assist to sit down

To start or tend a fire in

To provide with a particular seat

To arouse the emotions of; make enthusiastic or ardent. Often used with up

To have or provide seats for

To inspire or arouse (an emotion or the imagination).

To install in a position of authority or eminence.

To bake or dry by heating, as in a kiln

To fix firmly in place

To discharge (a firearm, for example).

To rest on or fit into another part

To detonate (an explosive).

Something to be sat upon.

To propel (a projectile) from a weapon or launch (a missile)

A place in which to sit.

(Informal) To throw or propel with force and speed

The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.

To utter or direct with insistence

A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting.

(Games) To score (a number) in a game or contest

The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.

To end the employment or service of; dismiss.

The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.

To become ignited; flame up

(engineering) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.

To shoot a weapon

A location or site.

To detonate an explosive.

(figurative) A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.

To ignite fuel; start

The location of a governing body.

To send out a projectile; discharge

(certain Commonwealth countries) An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.

To propel or hurl a projectile

A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.

(Physiology) To generate an electrical impulse. Used of a neuron.

The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site.

To become yellowed or brown before reaching maturity, as grain.

One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract.

(uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.

(historical) Any of several autonomous regions in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.

(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).

The starting point of a fire.

(countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.

Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.

(transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.

A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).

(transitive) To provide with a place to sit.

(countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.

(transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.

(uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.

To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.

(countable) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.

(transitive) To assign the seats of.

A barrage, volley

(transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

(rocketry) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.

To rest; to lie down.

Strength of passion, whether love or hate.

To settle; to plant with inhabitants.

Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.

(transitive) To put a seat or bottom in.

Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.

The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation.

Red coloration in a piece of opal.

That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons.

(slang) Amazing; excellent.

A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house.

(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire.

Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.

A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.

(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.

To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.

(transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).

To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.

To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.

(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).

To fix; to set firm.

(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.

To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.

(rocketry) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.

To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.

To set off an explosive in a mine.

To rest; to lie down.

To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.

A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane);

To cause an action potential in a cell.

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

(transitive) To forcibly direct (something).

Furniture that is designed for sitting on;

To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).

Any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit);

(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.

A center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)

To be irritated or inflamed with passion.

The cloth covering for the buttocks;

To animate; to give life or spirit to.

Show to a seat; assign a seat for;

To feed or serve the fire of.

Be able to seat;

(transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.

Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position;

To cauterize.

Put a seat on a chair

To catch fire; to be kindled.

Provide with seats;

Command to shoot with firearms

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace.

The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.

Anything which destroys or affects like fire.

Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consuming violence of temper.

Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.

Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.

Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.

The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire.

To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.

To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; as, to fire pottery.

To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge.

To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.

To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.

To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.

To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a rifle, pistol, or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc.

To drive by fire.

To cauterize.

To dismiss from employment, a post, or other job; to cause (a person) to cease being an employee; - of a person. The act of firing is usually performed by that person's supervisor or employer.

To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.

To be irritated or inflamed with passion.

To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town.to grow irritated or angry.

The event of something burning (often destructive);

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

The act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy;

A fireplace in which a fire is burning;

Intense adverse criticism;

Feelings of great warmth and intensity;

Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)

A severe trial;

Start firing a weapon

Cause to go off;

Bake in a kiln so as to harden;

Terminate the employment of;

Go off or discharge;

Drive out or away by or as if by fire;

Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);

Destroy by fire;

Provide with fuel;