Boil vs Mole - What's the difference?
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The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
(rare, nonstandard) The collective noun for a group of hawks.
To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
(intransitive) To cook in boiling water.
Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
(intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.
(intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.
To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
(obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
* Francis Bacon
To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
* Bible, Job xii. 31
To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
* Surrey
Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae.
Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.
(espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.
A kind of self-propelled excavator used to form underground drains, or to clear underground pipelines
(nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.
* 1847 — George A. Fisk, A pastor's memorial of the holy land
* 1983 — Archibald Lyall, Arthur Norman Brangham, The companion guide to the south of France
(rare) A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.
(chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kg]] of . Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as [[Avogadro's number, Avogadro’s number
One of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America, especially the sauce which contains chocolate and which is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts.
As nouns the difference between boil and mole
is that boil is a localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection while mole is a pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.As a verb boil
is to heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.As a proper noun Mole is
a river in Surrey, England.boil
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bile, .Synonyms
* abscess * carbuncle * cyst * furuncle * pimple * pustuleExternal links
* (Boil)Etymology 2
(etyl) "to well up, boil"). More at seethe, well.Noun
(en noun)- Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil .
Verb
(en verb)- Boil some water in a pan.
- Boil the eggs for two minutes.
- Is the rice boiling yet?
- Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
- It’s boiling outside!
- I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?
- to boil sugar or salt
- 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.
- the boiling waves of the sea
- He maketh the deep to boil like a pot.
- His blood boils with anger.
- 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 stewingAntonyms
* (of a liquid) condense * (of the weather) be freezing * (of a person) be freezingDerived 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-boiledSee also
* bake * condense * freeze * fry * grill * poach * steamExternal links
* (Boiling)mole
English
(wikipedia mole)Etymology 1
From (etyl) mole, mool, from (etyl) .Synonyms
* birthmark * nevus, naevus,Etymology 2
From (etyl) mol, molde, molle, from (etyl) . Derivation as an abbreviation of (etyl) molewarpe, a variation of moldewarpe, in Middle English is unexplained and probably unlikely due to the simultaneous occurrence of both words. See mouldwarp.Alternative forms
* mool, moule, mowle, mold (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* golden mole * mole crab * mole cricket * mole rat * mole run * mole salamanderSynonyms
* mouldwarpEtymology 3
From moll'' (from ''Moll'', an archaic nickname for ''Mary''), influenced by the spelling of the word ''mole ("an internal spy"), and due to /m?l/ and /m??l/ merging as [mo?l] in the Australian accent.Synonyms
* mollEtymology 4
(etyl) or (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)mole(accessed: March 30, 2007)
- [Alexander the Great] then conceived the stupendous idea of constructing a mole , which should at once connect [Tyre] with the main land; and this was actually accomplished by driving piles and pouring in incalculable quantities of soil and fragments of rock; and it is generally believed, partly on the authority of ancient authors, that the whole ruins of Old Tyre were absorbed in this vast enterprize, and buried in the depths of the sea [...]
- [about Saint-Tropez] Yachts and fishing boats fill the little square of water, which is surrounded on two sides by quays, on the third by a small ship-repairing yard and on the fourth by the mole where the fishing boats moor and the nets are spread out to dry.
Etymology 5
(1897) (etyl) Mol.Alternative forms
* mol (dated)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* gram moleculeEtymology 6
(hydatidiform mole) From (etyl) mola.Etymology 7
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)mole(accessed: March 30, 2007)