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Boiling vs Baking - What's the difference?

boiling | baking |

Baking is a antonym of boiling.

Baking is a synonym of boiling.



As verbs the difference between boiling and baking

is that boiling is present participle of lang=en while baking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between boiling and baking

is that boiling is the process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point while baking is an action in which something is baked.

As adjectives the difference between boiling and baking

is that boiling is that boils or boil while baking is intended for use in baking.

As an adverb boiling

is extremely.

boiling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia boiling) (en noun)
  • The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That boils or boil.
  • (of a thing, informal, hyperbole) Extremely hot or active.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=10 citation , passage=With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.}}
  • (of a person, informal, hyperbole) Feeling uncomfortably hot.
  • (of the weather, hyperbole) Very hot.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "boiling")

    Derived terms

    * boiling hot

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely
    • He was boiling mad.
    English degree adverbs

    baking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Intended for use in baking.
    • Here is a baking tray for the cookies.
  • (figuratively) Of a person, the weather, or an object, very hot.
    • I'm baking - could you open the window?

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An action in which something is baked
    • I'm going to do some baking this afternoon.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1861, author=Harriet Jacobs (AKA Linda Brent), title=Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Upon these terms, after working hard all day for her mistress, she began her midnight bakings , assisted by her two oldest children. }}
  • The way in which something is baked
  • * {{quote-book, year=1871, author=Ledyard Bill, title=Minnesota; Its Character and Climate, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=How often have we risen in the morning, after spending the night in this manner, with a feeling akin to that which we fancy would come from being knocked in the head with a sack of meal, then gently stewed, and all out of pure fraternal regard to supply any deficiencies in our original bakings . }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=Captain R. F. Scott, title=Scott's Last Expedition Volume I, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Clissold's work of cooking has fallen on Hooper and Lashly, and it is satisfactory to find that the various dishes and bread bakings maintain their excellence. }}

    Derived terms

    * baking hot * baking tin * baking tray