The difference between Fire and Throw

When used as nouns, fire means 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, whereas throw means the flight of a thrown object.

When used as verbs, fire means to set (something, often a building) on fire, whereas throw means to twist or turn.

Fire is also adjective with the meaning: amazing.

check bellow for the other definitions of Fire and Throw

  1. Fire as a noun (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.

  2. Fire as a noun (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).

    Examples:

    "We sat about the fire singing songs and telling tales."

  3. Fire as a noun (countable):

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

    Examples:

    "There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down."

    "During hot and dry summers many fires in forests are caused by regardlessly discarded cigarette butts."

  4. Fire as a noun (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy):

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

  5. Fire as a noun (countable, British):

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

  6. Fire as a noun (countable):

    The elements necessary to start a fire.

    Examples:

    "The fire was laid and needed to be lit."

  7. Fire as a noun (uncountable):

    The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun.

    Examples:

    "The fire from the enemy guns kept us from attacking."

  8. Fire as a noun:

    Strength of passion, whether love or hate.

  9. Fire as a noun:

    Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.

  10. Fire as a noun:

    Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.

  1. Fire as a verb (transitive):

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

  2. Fire as a verb (transitive):

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

    Examples:

    "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack."

    "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end."

  3. Fire as a verb (transitive):

    To drive away by setting a fire.

  4. Fire as a verb (transitive):

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

    Examples:

    "ant hire"

  5. Fire as a verb (transitive):

    To shoot (a gun or analogous device).

    Examples:

    "We will fire our guns at the enemy."

    "He fired his radar gun at passing cars."

  6. Fire as a verb (intransitive):

    To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: open fire shoot"

    "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."

  7. Fire as a verb (transitive, sports):

    To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.

  8. Fire as a verb (intransitive, physiology):

    To cause an action potential in a cell.

    Examples:

    "When a neuron fires, it transmits information."

  9. Fire as a verb (transitive):

    To forcibly direct (something).

    Examples:

    "He answered the questions the reporters fired at him."

  10. Fire as a verb (ambitransitive, computer sciences, software engineering):

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

    Examples:

    "The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading."

    "The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it."

  11. Fire as a verb:

    To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.

    Examples:

    "to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge"

  12. Fire as a verb:

    To animate; to give life or spirit to.

    Examples:

    "to fire the genius of a young man"

  13. Fire as a verb:

    To feed or serve the fire of.

    Examples:

    "to fire a boiler"

  14. Fire as a verb:

    To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.

  15. Fire as a verb (farriery):

    To cauterize.

  16. Fire as a verb (intransitive, dated):

    To catch fire; to be kindled.

  17. Fire as a verb (intransitive, dated):

    To be irritated or inflamed with passion.

  1. Fire as an adjective (slang):

    Amazing; excellent.

    Examples:

    "That shit is fire, yo!"

  1. Throw as a verb (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England):

    To twist or turn.

    Examples:

    "A thrown nail. "

  2. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.

    Examples:

    "'throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider"

  3. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To eject or cause to fall off.

  4. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To move to another position or condition; to displace.

    Examples:

    "'throw the switch"

  5. Throw as a verb (ceramics):

    To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.

  6. Throw as a verb (transitive, cricket):

    Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.

  7. Throw as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.

    Examples:

    "If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid operation exception."

  8. Throw as a verb (sports):

    To intentionally lose a game.

    Examples:

    "The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match."

  9. Throw as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To confuse or mislead.

    Examples:

    "The deliberate red herring threw me at first."

  10. Throw as a verb (figuratively):

    To send desperately.

    Examples:

    "Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle."

  11. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To imprison.

    Examples:

    "The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail."

  12. Throw as a verb:

    To organize an event, especially a party.

  13. Throw as a verb:

    To roll (a die or dice).

  14. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.

  15. Throw as a verb (transitive, bridge):

    To discard.

  16. Throw as a verb (martial arts):

    To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.

  17. Throw as a verb (transitive, said of one's voice):

    To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.

  18. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To show sudden emotion, especially anger.

  19. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To project or send forth.

  20. Throw as a verb:

    To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

  21. Throw as a verb:

    To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Tomlinson"

  22. Throw as a verb (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.):

    To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).

  23. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To install a bridge.

  1. Throw as a noun:

    The flight of a thrown object

    Examples:

    "What a great throw by the quarterback!"

  2. Throw as a noun:

    The act of throwing something.

    Examples:

    "With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow."

  3. Throw as a noun:

    One's ability to throw

    Examples:

    "He's got a girl's throw."

    "He's always had a pretty decent throw."

  4. Throw as a noun:

    A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.

  5. Throw as a noun:

    A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.

  6. Throw as a noun:

    A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.

    Examples:

    "Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw."

  1. Throw as a noun:

    Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Spenser"

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  2. Throw as a noun (veterinary):

    The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.

  1. Throw as a verb (transitive, said of animals):

    To give birth to.

  1. Throw as a noun (obsolete):

    A moment, time, occasion.

  2. Throw as a noun (obsolete):

    A period of time; a while.

  1. Throw as a noun:

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