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Boil vs Broiled - What's the difference?

boil | broiled |

As verbs the difference between boil and broiled

is that boil is to heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas while broiled is (broil).

As a noun boil

is a localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection or boil can be the point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.

boil

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) bile, .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
    • Synonyms
    * abscess * carbuncle * cyst * furuncle * pimple * pustule
    External links
    * (Boil)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) "to well up, boil"). More at seethe, well.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
    • Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil .
  • A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
  • (rare, nonstandard) The collective noun for a group of hawks.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
    • Boil some water in a pan.
  • (intransitive) To cook in boiling water.
    • Boil the eggs for two minutes.
    Is the rice boiling yet?
  • Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
    • Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
  • (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.
    • It’s boiling outside!
  • (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.
    • I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?
  • To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
    • to boil sugar or salt
  • (obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense cannot inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner.
  • To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
    • the boiling waves of the sea
  • * Bible, Job xii. 31
    • He maketh the deep to boil like a pot.
  • To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
    • His blood boils with anger.
  • * Surrey
    • Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.
    Synonyms
    * (of a liquid) seethe, well, plaw ; see also * (of the weather) be baking]], be scorching, [[swelter, be sweltering * (of a person) be seething]], be baking, [[stew, be stewing
    Antonyms
    * (of a liquid) condense * (of the weather) be freezing * (of a person) be freezing
    Derived terms
    * boil away * boil down * boil down to * boil off * boil over * go off the boil * hard-boiled * make someone's blood boil * parboil * pot boiler * slow boil * soft-boiled
    Related terms
    * ebullient
    See also
    * bake * condense * freeze * fry * grill * poach * steam
    External links
    * (Boiling)

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    broiled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (broil)

    • broil

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) broillen, . (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cook by direct, radiant heat.
  • To expose to great heat.
  • To be exposed to great heat.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Food prepared by broiling.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil
  • (obsolete) to brawl

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A brawl; a rowdy disturbance.
  • * 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act I, verses 1-2
    • So, I am safe emerged from these broils ! / Amid the wreck of thousands I am whole
  • * Burke
    • I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will which will cause innumerable broils , place men in what situation you please.
  • * 1840 , Robert Chambers, ?William Chambers, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal (volume 8, page 382)
    • Since the provinces declared their independence, broils and squabblings of one sort and another have greatly retarded the advancement which they might otherwise have made.

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