Learn English – Light a candle or burn a candle

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What is more common "light" or "burn" in this context?

Do you know how to burn a candle?

Do you know how to light a candle?

Are either of them equally likely?

Best Answer

Lighting the candle is ignition, the starting process, which you might ask a child if they know how to do. Burning the candle is the period while you let it stay lit, with almost no learning required.

So the normal sentence would be:

  • Do you know how to light a candle?
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