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Boiled vs Bowled - What's the difference?

boiled | bowled |

As verbs the difference between boiled and bowled

is that boiled is (boil) while bowled is (bowl).

As an adjective boiled

is cooked in boiling water.

As an adverb bowled is

(cricket) describing the method of being dismissed in which the ball is bowled, and it hits and breaks the batsman's wicket.

boiled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (boil)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Cooked in boiling water.
  • (of water) having reached the boiling point
  • (colloquial) angry
  • (colloquial) drunk

    • Derived terms

    * boiled egg * hard boiled * soft boiled

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    bowled

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (cricket) Describing the method of being dismissed in which the ball is bowled, and it hits and breaks the batsman's wicket.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (bowl)

    • Anagrams

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