Torch vs. Flambeau: What's the Difference?

A portable light produced by the flame of a stick of resinous wood or of a flammable material wound about the end of a stick of wood; a flambeau.

A lighted torch.

Chiefly British A flashlight.

A large ornamental candlestick.

Something that serves to illuminate, enlighten, or guide.

A burning torch, especially one carried in procession.

(Slang) An arsonist.

A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch.

A portable apparatus that produces a very hot flame by the combustion of gases, used in welding and construction.

A flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)

Longstanding unrequited romantic feelings for a person

To cause to burn or undergo combustion, especially with extraordinary rapidity, force, or thoroughness.

A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.

(Commonwealth) A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight.

(US) An arsonist.

A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.

(scifi) A torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").

To set fire to, especially by use of a torch (flaming stick).

(scifi) To travel in a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").

A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame.

A flashlight.

A light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance

Tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

A small portable battery-powered electric lamp

A burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame

Burn maliciously, as by arson;