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Boil vs Sore - What's the difference?

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In obsolete terms the difference between boil and sore

is that boil is to steep or soak in warm water while sore is criminal; wrong; evil.

As nouns the difference between boil and sore

is that boil is a localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection while sore is an injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

As verbs the difference between boil and sore

is that boil is to heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas while sore is mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait in the animal.

As an adjective sore is

causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

As an adverb sore is

very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).

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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    sore

    English

    (wikipedia sore)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
    • Her feet were sore from walking so far.
  • Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
  • * Tillotson
    • Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy.
  • Dire; distressing.
    • The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood.
  • (informal) Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
    • Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers.
  • (obsolete) Criminal; wrong; evil.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Derived terms

    * sight for sore eyes * sorely * soreness * sore point

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (lb) Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
  • :
  • *
  • *:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
  • Sorely.
  • *1919 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Jungle Tales of Tarzan
  • *:[… they] were often sore pressed to follow the trail at all, and at best were so delayed that in the afternoon of the second day, they still had not overhauled the fugitive.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
    • They put ointment and a bandage on the sore .
  • Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • I see plainly where his sore lies.
  • A group of ducks on land. (See also: sord).
  • A young hawk or falcon in its first year.
  • A young buck in its fourth year.

    • Verb

  • mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait in the animal.

    • Derived terms

    * soring

    See also

    * blister * lesion * ulcer

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